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Originally Posted by sarasi
As for rose, did you check an online Japanese dictionary? Rose is bara, which is often written in hiragana- ばら, or katakana- バラ, but occasionally in kanji- 薔薇. You can see how complicated the kanji are- most Japanese people can't write it without checking, so they write it in hiragana or katakana.
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Not only the complexity of the kanji, but it was 'not done' to use it for some considerable time (according to my painting and calligraphy teacher) because at some point it was a character associated with pornography and the sex trade. It's coming back into use a little now, but most people still use hiragana to avoid the connotations.