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JLPT N1 · 12 strokes

The kanji 葵 — “hollyhock flower (name)”

葵 means hollyhock flower (name) and is a JLPT N1 kanji. It has 12 strokes and uses the grass / plants radical (艹).

Stroke order · 12 strokes

On'yomi (音読み): キ
Kun'yomi (訓読み): あおい
Radical: 艹 · grass / plants
Strokes: 12

How to remember 葵

A sunflower-like grass flower (艹) — aoi. 葵 is the Tokugawa three-leaf crest; hugely popular as a name!

Example words with 葵

Kun'yomi readings

葵あおいhollyhock; Aoi (name)

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