藤
藤 — Wisteria
wisteria
On’yomiトウ (tou)
On’yomiドウ (dou)
Kun’yomiふじ (fuji)
Stroke order (18 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 藤
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 藤 | ふじ fuji | wisteria (esp. Japanese wisteria, Wisteria floribunda); wistaria |
| 葛藤 | かっとう kattou | conflict; complication; troubles |
Study notes
藤 is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 18 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #291 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).
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