茎

茎 — stalk, stem

JLPT: JLPT N1
Strokes: 8
Taught in: Secondary school
Frequency: #2013 most common

Readings

On'yomi came with the character from Chinese; kun'yomi is the native Japanese word it was borrowed for. A dot marks where okurigana takes over, a hyphen marks a prefix or suffix position.

On'yomi: けい kei

きょう kyou
Kun'yomi: くき kuki

Example words for this kanji are being written.

Words that use 茎

A kanji is worth learning for the words it unlocks. These are from the JLPT vocabulary lists.

茎くき stalk JLPT N1