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Kanji Detail for 芡 - "prickly water lily"
芡
- Meaning
芡 means "prickly water lily."
Prickly water lily - An annual aquatic plant of the Nymphaeaceae family with large leaves floating on the water.
- Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:
KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary
plant allied to the water-lily
Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters
plant allied to the waterlily
CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary
Gorgon plant; fox nut (Gorgon euryale or Euryale ferox); makhana (Hindi)
Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data
Gorgon plant, fox nut
XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary
A fruit plant. Grows in water. The flower stem and leaves all have thorns. Leaves are large and round. Lie flat on the water surface. Green on top, purple underneath. Blooms purple flowers on the stem tip in summer. Fruits are like chestnut burs. Colloquially called 雞頭子 (chicken head).
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