芹
芹: Japanese parsley (seri)
Japanese parsley (seri)
7 strokesNames & literary · Name kanji (準1級 range)in 2 words here
Readings
On
キン
Kunせり
芹 is せり, one of the seven herbs of spring (春の七草); it is often written in kana.
Key words
芹せりJapanese parsley; water dropwort
水芹せりwater dropwort
三葉芹みつばぜりhonewort (mitsuba)
毒芹どくぜりwater hemlock
Example sentences
正月七日の朝には、芹や大根などの入った七草がゆを食べる。
On the morning of January 7th, we eat seven-herb rice porridge containing seri, daikon and more.
川辺で見つけた毒芹は、食べられる芹によく似ているので注意が必要だ。
The water hemlock I found by the river looks a lot like the edible seri, so you have to be careful.
春の野原で、三葉芹の小さな白い花を見つけた。
In the spring meadow, I found the tiny white flowers of the honewort.