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Kanji Detail for 蕉 - "banana plant"

蕉

  • Meaning

    蕉 means "banana plant." Also associated with basho.

    1. Banana plant - A plant of the Musaceae family (basho).

    2. Basho - The pen name of the famous haiku poet Matsuo Basho.

  • Origin of 蕉

    The grass crown 艹 over 焦, which lends the reading sho: the banana plant. 芭蕉 is the plantain — and the pen name of the poet who planted one by his hut.

    How to remember it: A broad-leaved plant 艹 — the bashō, and the poet who took its name.

    Sources: en.wiktionary.org · mojinavi.com

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    • Verified meaning: banana plant
    • Jinmeiyō kanji — officially approved for use in Japanese given names
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read しょう)
    • Also carries these associations: basho

    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 蕉

    Given names 蕉(しょう)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    banana; plantain

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    banana; plantain

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    banana

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    banana, plantain

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

    芭蕉 (banana/plantain). A fruit plant. Eight to nine feet tall. Stem is soft. With layered skin wrapping around. Leaves are the longest and largest. Has parallel veins. Those over three years old bear flowers. Color is pale yellow. Fruit is three to four inches. Sweet and edible. Called 甘蕉 (sweet banana). Commonly called 香蕉 (fragrant banana). Those not growing in tropical regions do not ripen properly.

  • Onyomi

    tip

    shoh(ショウ) ショウ

  • Kunyomi

    tip
    none

  • Strokes

    tip

    15 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    艸 艹 (kusa・kusakammuri・soko)

  • Related Keywords

    banana plant basho firewood wane plantain tropical fruit leaf fiber matsuo haiku poet plant herb

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