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蒔 kanji
sow (seeds)
- JLPT level
- N1 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N2 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 13
- School grade
- Jinmeiyō (names)
On readings
シジ
Kun readings
うえるまく
Words with 蒔
LevelWord & meaningActions
- N2蒔くPopularto sow; to plant; to seed; to sow (the seeds of; e.g. conflict); to sprinkle (gold or silver powder on lacquerware)
- N1散蒔くto scatter; to disseminate (e.g. a rumor); to spread (e.g. germs); to broadcast; to distribute widely (e.g. leaflets); to hand out freely; to spend recklessly
- —蒔絵gold or silver lacquer; lacquer decoration sprinkled with metal powder
- —麦蒔wheat planting
- —高蒔絵takamaki-e; embossed gilt lacquerwork
- —麦蒔きsowing wheat or barley
- —金蒔絵gold lacquer
- —蒔き灰ash for spreading (tea ceremony)
- —冬蒔きwinter-sowing
- —平蒔絵hiramaki-e; lacquer decoration technique where metallic powder is sprinkled on a flat design and sealed with a thin layer of lacquer
- —蒔き付けsowing (seeds)
- —蒔き付けるto sow (seeds)
- —自分で蒔いた種situation of one's own doing
- —蒔かぬ種は生えぬif you don't put in the effort, don't expect results; seeds you don't plant will never grow
- —種蒔sowing seeds; planting seeds; scattering seeds
- —直蒔direct sowing; direct seeding; direct planting
- —豆蒔きsowing beans (or pulses, etc.); scattering parched beans (to drive out evil spirits)
- —種蒔きsowing seeds; planting seeds; scattering seeds
- —遅蒔きlate sowing; doing late; doing belatedly
- —春蒔きsowing in spring