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Kanji Detail for 芹 - "celery"

芹

  • Meaning

    芹 means "celery." Also associated with herb.

    1. Parsley - A perennial of the parsley family growing near water.

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    • Verified meaning: celery
    • Jinmeiyō kanji — officially approved for use in Japanese given names
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read きん, せり)
    • Also carries these associations: herb

    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 芹

    Given names 芹(きん)Listen 芹(せり)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    parsley

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    celery

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    Chinese celery

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    celery

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

    A vegetable plant. Stem is hollow. Leaves are compound. Alternate. Flowers are small and white. Best grown by water. (Book of Odes) "Thinking joyfully of the Pan River, picking its celery." A poem praising Duke Xi's ability to maintain the Pan Palace. Hence anciently, entering school was called 采芹 (picking celery). Also called 入泮 (entering the Pan).

  • Onyomi

    tip

    kin(キン) キン

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    seri(せり) せり

  • Strokes

    tip

    7 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    艸 艹 (kusa・kusakammuri・soko)

  • Related Keywords

    celery herb parsley vegetable plant green leaves stalk cooking garnish

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