かわら

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of かわら – see the following entries.

【河原】 [noun] a dry riverbed, especially of the 鴨川 (Kamogawa, “Kamo River”) in Kyoto [noun] (colloquial) Short for 河原者 (kawaramono): a beggar [noun] (colloquial) Short for 河原艾 (kawara yomogi): a species of wormwood, Artemisia capillaris [proper noun] Kawara (a town in Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan) [proper noun] a surname Alternative spellings 川原, 磧

【瓦】S [noun] roof tile Alternative spelling 𦨞

【骨】6 [noun] (archaic, rare) a bone, particularly a covering bone such as a skull or kneecap Alternative spelling 䯊

(This term, かわら (kawara), is the hiragana spelling of the above terms.) For a list of all kanji read as かわら, see Category:Japanese kanji read as かわら.)