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葦 means 'reed'

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Strokes : 13    Usefulness: 6    Study set: 6-13    Grade: 9   Intermediate lesson: -    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 19 words   Used in 39 words   Used in 65 names   Not used as a component
Jinmeiyō (人名用)
Common readings
Kun
   よし   あし a reed, papyrus
Variants
苇 (Chinese)  
Components
⿱  艹 (艸) grass  韋 tanned leather  
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葦 is not used in the most common form of any of the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese.
Across all words in Japanese, 葦 is used 34 times, read 2 ways.
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お お よ し き り 3
noun
great reed warbler (Acrocephalus arundinaceus)  (often written with kana only)
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あし : 17 words FIND ALL
noun
Phacelurus latifolius (species of perennial grass)  (often written with kana only)
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An additional よし less common words include 葦 but the reading has not yet been categorized.
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葦
よし    あし a reed, papyrus   
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艹
grass   
韋
イ    tanned leather   
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ヰ
wheel around
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口
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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五
ゴ   いつ-    いつつ five   
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