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苧: ramie

ramie; hemp fiber
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Readings

On
チョ
Kun
お・からんし・からむし

苧麻 is ramie, a plant fiber like hemp, read ちょま or からむし. 苧環 (おだまき) is the columbine flower.

Key words

苧麻ちょまramie
苧環おだまきcolumbine; spool of hemp thread
苧からむしramie
青苧あおそramie fiber

Example sentences

Cloth woven from ramie fiber breathes well and suits summer kimono.

When spring came, the columbine in the garden bloomed with downward-facing flowers.

In old Echigo, people spun thread from ramie fiber and wove cloth.

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