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Kanji Detail for 芎 - "cnidium"

  • Meaning

    芎 means "cnidium."

    1. Cnidium - A perennial plant of the Apiaceae family with a fragrant rhizome used medicinally (used in compound 芎藭/川芎).

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    kind of herb

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    a kind of herb

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    used in 芎藭|芎䓖[xiong1 qiong2] and 川芎[chuan1 xiong1]; Taiwan pr. [qiong1]

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    Szechuan lovage rhizome

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

    芎藭. A fragrant grass name. Wild. That found in Sichuan is called 川芎 (Sichuan lovage). Leaves are very finely divided. Blooms tiny white flowers in autumn. Root used in medicine. Also read like 弓. | A grain plant. The white-seeded variety of millet. | A grass name. Both seen in (Book of Odes).
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