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Kanji Detail for 茸 - "mushroom"

茸

  • Meaning

    茸 means "mushroom." Also associated with overgrown, soft fur.

    1. Mushroom - A fungus with a cap and stem.

    2. Overgrown - Grass growing thickly and densely.

    3. Soft fur - Fine, delicate hair or down.

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    • Verified meaning: mushroom
    • Jinmeiyō kanji — officially approved for use in Japanese given names
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read きのこ)
    • Also carries these associations: overgrown, soft fur

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 茸

    Given names 茸(きのこ)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    mushroom

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    soft, downy; buds, sprouts

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    (bound form) (of newly sprouted grass) soft and fine; downy

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    soft, downy; buds, sprouts

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    The appearance of grass sprouting. Therefore anything fine and soft is called 茸. Such as disordered animal fur being called 茸毛 (fine fur). This is the meaning. | 鹿茸. A medicine name. When deer antlers first grow like buds, there is skin covering them. On the skin there are swollen areas. The shape is like an unopened mushroom cap. Formerly used as a tonic. Quite precious. | 闒茸. Unworthy or inferior.

  • Onyomi

    tip

    joh(ジョウ) ジョウ

    nyu(ニュ) ニュ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    kinoko(きのこ) きのこ

    shige.ru(しげ-る) しげ-る

    take(たけ) たけ

  • Strokes

    tip

    9 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    艸 艹 (kusa・kusakammuri・soko)

  • Related Keywords

    mushroom overgrown soft fur antlers thrive fungus edible cap spores mycelium foraging forest downy velvet dense tender growing delicate

Sentences including 茸

  • "Shiitake" is a sort of mushroom.

  • We keep shiitake mushrooms dry.

  • Matsutake mushrooms are in season now so they are cheap.

  • Can you tell me the art of recognizing matsutake mushrooms?

  • If you don't know what kind of mushroom it is, better not take it.

  • The art of recognizing matsutake mushrooms became my passion, culminating in my writing a book on it.

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