Reading:

• On'yomi: カツ, カチ
• Kun'yomi: つづら, くず
• Nanori: か, かず, かずら, かっ, かつら

Meaning:

• arrowroot, kudzu

Components:

• Radicals:
• 日: (72) sun, clear
• 勹: (20) embracing
• 匕: (21) spoon, ladle
• Components:
• 艾: moxa, sagebrush, wormwood, mugwort

Miscellaneous information:

• Strokes: 11
• Taught in grade 9
• Frequency: 1547

Popular compounds containing this kanji:

• 葛藤 かっとう
  conflict, complication, troubles, discord
• 葛 くず
  kudzu (Pueraria lobata) (type of vine), (Japanese) arrowroot