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薔: rose (in 薔薇)

rose (in 薔薇)
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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

A single red rose bloomed in a corner of the garden.

Dreaming of a rosy future, he came up to the city.

On the weekend the family went out to a rose garden in the city.

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