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How do you read 葡萄 in Japanese?
Small fruits gathered in a cluster.
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Give the three-hiragana reading beginning with bu for fruit growing in clusters.
HINTShow hint
The fruit grows in clusters on a vine and may be purple or pale green.
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Describe the shapes you see
You do not need to know the radical’s name. Try these searches for this quiz’s characters.
grass radical above 匍 kanji
grass above 勹 and 缶 kanji
two grass-radical characters for clustered fruit
These searches describe visual similarities, not formal radicals or character components.
葡: 12 strokes; radical 艹 (grass). 萄: 11 strokes; radical 艹 (grass). Visual search descriptions are distinct from dictionary radical classifications.
葡12 strokes / radical: 艹 (grass)
萄11 strokes / radical: 艹 (grass)
Stroke counts and radicals follow the Japanese dictionary Kanjipedia; other dictionaries may differ.
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The answer is
ぶどう
budō
葡萄
Understand the meaning
English translationGrape / grapes
A vine and its clustered fruit, eaten fresh or used for juice and dried fruit.
See it in a sentence
窓辺の皿に、紫色と緑色の葡萄を盛った。I arranged purple and green grapes on a plate by the window.
A way to remember
Here the reading is budō. 葡 has 12 strokes and 萄 has 11; both have the grass radical.
Sources：Kanjipedia: 葡萄 ／ Kanjipedia: 葡萄 (ebi)
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Distinguish a grape from a bunch
Use 葡萄を一粒食べる for an individual grape and 葡萄を一房買う for a bunch. The counting word shows the unit.
例：大きな葡萄を一房買い、みんなで少しずつ分けた。
We bought a large bunch of grapes and shared it among everyone.
An older reading is also recorded
The dictionary also records ebi as another name. This question specifies the reading beginning with bu, while recognizing that the other reading exists.
References for this explanation：Kanjipedia: 葡萄 ／ Kanjipedia: 葡萄 (ebi)
Explanation checked on 2026-11-02. Additional examples were written by DuraRing for this page.
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