Kanji meanings › Hemp
Kanji for Hemp
The kanji for “hemp” is 麻, read ma and written in 11 strokes. Here is what it means, how it is read, and the names it is used in.
麻
hemp
Hemp, whose straight, fast-growing stalks stand for healthy growth.
11 strokes On reading マ、マア (ma, maa) Kun reading あさ (asa) JLPT N1
Dictionary meanings: hemp, flax, numb
Readings used for names on Nazuke: asa, ma
In Japan it appears in about 1,674 given names in the JMnedict name dictionary, mostly in girls’ names.
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