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藪
🇹🇼🇭🇰🇯🇵🇰🇷
薮
🇨🇳

wild

HSK 10
Abstract →Qualities
sǒu
ソウ
やぶ
수
Components
艹 grass (top)+ 數 number =
藪 wild
艹 Meaning component
cao grass (top)
grass
grass
數 Phonetic component
number
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Notes
Similar Characters
春 springtime甍 rafters supporting roof盖 hide (simp)着 arrive/wear繭 cocoon (trad/jp)艺 art (simp)艻 sweet basil艽 a root艾 Chinese mugwort艿 taro节 knot (simp)芄 Metaplexis stauntoni芊 exuberant and vigorous芋 taro芍 peony芎 a kind of herb芏 Cyperus malaccensis芑 white millet芒 mango芗 fragrant smell of grain (simp)
Historical Evolution
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)
Clerical
Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)
藪
Regular
Modern
Chinese
薮 / 藪 [sǒu]
marsh; gathering place
Japanese
藪 、 薮 やぶ 、 ヤブ 同音

noun

  1. thicket; bush; grove; scrub
  2. abbrev.usually kana (medical) quack
Example Sentences
🇯🇵 (1)
藪をつついてヘビを出す。
It's not good to wake a sleeping snake.
Japanese Names
藪 そう
Sou surname
藪 たかやぶ
Takayabu surname
藪 やぶ
Yabu female given namesurname
藪 やぶさき
Yabusaki surname
藪 やぶざき
Yabuzaki surname
CHINESE WORDS (12)
渊薮 [yuān​sǒu] #56,349
(lit.) gathering place of fish or other creatures
林薮 [lín​sǒu]
woods and marshes
棕薮鸲 [zōng​sǒu​qú]
(bird species of China) rufous-tailed scrub robin (Erythropygia galactotes)
榛薮 [zhēn​sǒu]
dense wood
灰胸薮鹛 [huī​xiōng​sǒu​méi]
(bird species of China) Emei Shan liocichla (Liocichla omeiensis)
灰头薮鹛 [huī​tóu​sǒu​méi]
(bird species of China) red-faced liocichla (Liocichla phoenicea)
盗薮 [dào​sǒu]
bandits' den
红翅薮鹛 [hóng​chì​sǒu​méi]
(bird species of China) scarlet-faced liocichla (Liocichla ripponi)
薮泽 [sǒu​zé]
lakes and ponds
言谈林薮 [yán​tán​lín​sǒu]
articulate in speech (idiom)
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JAPANESE WORDS (35)
やぶ蛇 [やぶへび] #40,366
unnecessary trouble brought upon oneself
藪から棒に [やぶからぼうに] #40,919
out of the blue
藪の中 [やぶのなか] #41,242
being a mystery (due to conflicting testimony)
竹やぶ [たけやぶ] #42,516
bamboo grove
ヤブ医者 [やぶいしゃ] #68,605
inept doctor
藪をつついて蛇を出す [やぶをつついてへびをだす] #85,609
to stir up trouble for oneself
藪から棒 [やぶからぼう] #91,146
bolt from the blue
笹藪 [ささやぶ] #93,039
thicket of bamboo grass
草薮 [くさやぶ] #113,533
thicket
ヤブ蚊 [やぶか] #117,563
Aedes (genus of mosquitoes)
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