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藁

藁: straw

straw
17 strokesNames & literary · Name kanji (準1級 range)in 5 words here

Readings

On
コウ
Kun
わら

藁 is rice or wheat straw (わら); 藁にもすがる 'clutch at straws' is a common idiom.

Key words

藁わらstraw
藁葺きわらぶきthatched roof
藁人形わらにんぎょうstraw doll
藁半紙わらばんしcheap straw paper
藁にもすがるわらにもすがるto clutch at straws

Example sentences

Only one old thatched-roof house remains in the mountains.

Wanting to save my sick daughter, I searched for a hospital, clutching at straws.

Fresh straw had been spread on the floor of the cow barn.

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