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Kanji for Cattail
The kanji for “cattail” is 蒲, read ho and written in 13 strokes. Here is what it means, how it is read, and the names it is used in.
蒲
cattail
The cattail reed by the water.
13 strokes On reading ホ、ボ、フ (ho, bo, fu) Kun reading がま、かば、かま (gama, kaba, kama)
Dictionary meanings: bullrush, flag, cattail
Readings used for names on Nazuke: ho
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