蕪
蕪: turnip
turnip
15 strokesNames & literary · Name kanji (準1級 range)in 2 words here
Readings
On
ブ・ム
Kunかぶ・かぶら・あれる
The vegetable is 蕪 (かぶ); the on-reading ぶ shows up in literary words such as 荒蕪地 and 蕪雑.
Key words
蕪かぶturnip
赤蕪あかかぶred turnip
荒蕪地こうぶちwasteland
蕪雑ぶざつrough; disordered
Example sentences
冬は、甘く煮た蕪をふうふう言いながら食べるのが楽しみです。
In winter I look forward to eating sweetly simmered turnip, blowing on it to cool it.
高山で、赤蕪の漬物をお土産に買った。
In Takayama I bought pickled red turnips as a souvenir.
長いあいだ使われなかった畑が、荒蕪地になっていた。
The field, unused for a long time, had turned into wasteland.