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Kanji for Banana plant
The kanji for “banana plant” is 芭, read ba and written in 7 strokes. Here is what it means, how it is read, and the names it is used in.
芭
banana plant
The plant that gave the poet Bashō (芭蕉) his name.
Matsuo Basho (松尾芭蕉), Japan’s most famous haiku master, took his pen name from the hardy banana plant.
7 strokes On reading バ、ハ (ba, ha)
Dictionary meanings: banana
Readings used for names on Nazuke: ha, ba
Names written with 芭: Ver 芭 · Babu 芭風 · Vern 芭 · Barbara 芭羽良
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