麻 (flax, hemp, numb) - Kanji Codex

麻

flax, hemp, numb

Readings

On'yomi (音読み)

ママア

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

あさ

Nanori (名乗り)

ああざお

Stroke Order

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Information

Grade:8

Strokes:11

JLPT:1

Frequency:1142

Vocabulary

マ

Word	Reading	Meaning
大麻	タイマ	hemp; cannabis; marijuana; pot; hashish; Shinto paper offerings
麻布	マフ	hemp cloth; linen
麻薬	マヤク	narcotic; drug; dope
麻酔	マスイ	anaesthesia; anesthesia
麻痺	マヒ	paralysis; palsy; stupor; numbness; loss of sensation; standstill; state of paralysis; inability to take action

Other

Word	Reading	Meaning
胡麻化す	ごまかす	to deceive; to cheat; to swindle; to falsify; to misrepresent; to lie about; to tamper with; to fiddle; to doctor; to cook; to evade (a question, taxes, etc.); to dodge; to gloss over (a mistake, fault, etc.); to smooth over; to get one's way out of (a difficult situation); to explain away; to embezzle; to pocket
大麻	おおあさ	hemp; cannabis; marijuana; pot; hashish; Shinto paper offerings
麻	あさ	cannabis (Cannabis sativa); hemp (plant); hemp (fiber); linen; flax; jute
麻	お	cannabis (Cannabis sativa); hemp (plant); hemp (fiber); linen; flax; jute
麻雀	マージャン	mahjong; mah-jongg

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