藤 means 'wisteria'

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Strokes : 18 Frequency: 264 JLPT: N1 Usefulness: 5 Study set: 5-1 Grade: 8 Intermediate lesson: - Beginner lesson: - Begins 22 words Used in 37 words Used in 4940 names Not used as a component

Jōyō (常用)

Common readings

トウ

Kun

ふじ wisteria

Additional readings

On ドウ

Name ぞうとふじゅ

Notes

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From wisteria-viewing parties to hair ornaments to a type of doll and dance, wisteria has left its mark on Japanese culture. The 藤 kanji appears in the names of colors, plants, and animals, some with no connection to this vine. Above all, one finds 藤 in people's names. Thus, we have the Fujiwara period of art history, the Fujiwara effect, and the Fujita scale of tornado intensity.

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Flower Power

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In this bouquet of essays, flowers represent far more than beauty. Those showcased here (including the Chinese bellflower of the 梗 essay and the tree peony of the 丹 essay) symbolize everything from the emperor, nobility, and wealth to honor, love, and feminine beauty. The Japanese also associate some of these flowers with hardiness or with grief. People celebrate them in family crests, at festivals, with dolls, and in a range of artistic creations. Supposedly, the flowers even confer health benefits—curing headaches, cooling and invigorating the blood, and removing phlegm.

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⿱ 艹 (艸) grass 滕 rising water

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Most useful words by reading

In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 藤 is used 2 times, read 2 ways.

Across all words in Japanese, 藤 is used 34 times, read 2 ways.

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トウ : 10 words FIND ALL

かっとう

葛藤

noun, 'suru' verb

conflict; complication; troubles; discord

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ふじ : 24 words FIND ALL

ふじ

藤

Most common form: フジ

noun

wisteria (esp. Japanese wisteria, Wisteria floribunda); wistaria

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An additional 3 less common words include 藤 but the reading has not yet been categorized.

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