The kanji 葛: meaning, readings and stroke order

葛

Meaning: kudzu, vine
On reading: カツ katsu
Kun reading: くず kuzu
Strokes: 12
Radical: 艸 grass
Level: Level 10 · the last years of senior high

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: sắn dây, dây leo (cát)
Japanese: くず。つるののびるしょくぶつ。
Korean: 칡, 덩굴 (갈)
Chinese: 葛、藤蔓

Readings, words and example sentences

カツ katsu · on reading · less common

葛かっ藤とう
inner conflict, struggle
葛かっ藤とうのすえに決めました。
After a long struggle in my mind, I made my decision.

くず kuzu · kun reading · less common

葛くず
kudzu (a climbing plant)
葛くずからこなを作ります。
People make flour from kudzu roots.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.