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Kanji Detail for 桔 - "bellflower, plant"
桔
- Meaning
桔 means "bellflower, plant."
Bellflower - A perennial plant; one of the seven autumn flowers of Japan.
- Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:
KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary
used in plant names
Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters
Chinese bellflower; well-swept; the inner fibers of corn-stalks
CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary
used in 桔梗[jie2 geng3]; used in 桔槔[jie2 gao1]
Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data
orange, tangerine
XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary
桔梗 (balloon flower): A plant name. Stems over a foot tall. Oval leaves. Purple or white flowers similar to morning glory. Stems and roots used medicinally. | 桔槔: A well sweep for drawing water more easily. | Commonly borrowed for the character 橘.
- Onyomi
- Kunyomi
none
- Strokes
- Radical
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