薔
薔: rose (in 薔薇)
rose (in 薔薇)
16 strokesNames & literary · Rare kanji (1級 range)in 3 words here
Readings
On
バ・ショウ・ショク・ソウ
Kunみずたで
Known only in 薔薇 (ばら, rose); the on-reading しょうび is literary. Neither kanji is read alone.
Key words
薔薇ばらrose
薔薇色ばらいろrose-colored
薔薇園ばらえんrose garden
薔薇戦争ばらせんそうWars of the Roses
Example sentences
庭の片隅に、赤い薔薇が一輪だけ咲いた。
A single red rose bloomed in a corner of the garden.
彼は薔薇色の未来を夢見て、都会へ出てきた。
Dreaming of a rosy future, he came up to the city.
週末に家族で、市内の薔薇園へ出かけた。
On the weekend the family went out to a rose garden in the city.