Kanji Detail for 苓 - "chickweed, licorice, fall"

苓

Non-Jōyō Kanji

Meaning
苓 means "chickweed, licorice, fall."
1. Chickweed - A biennial plant of the Caryophyllaceae family.
2. Licorice - A perennial medicinal plant of the Fabaceae family.
3. Fall - To drop.
Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:

KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

plant; herb; mushroom

Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

fungus, tuber; licorice

CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

fungus; tuber

Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

fungus, tuber; licorice

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

茯苓 (poria). A fungal plant. See "茯" for details. | 豬苓. Also a type of fungus. Grows on maple trees. Its lump is black like pig droppings. Hence the name. Outer skin is dark brown. Inside is yellowish brown. Used in medicine.
Onyomi

rei(れい)

ryoh(りょう)
Kunyomi

miminagusa
Strokes

11 strokes
Radical

艸艹 (kusa・kusakammuri・soko)
Related Keywords
chickweed biennial plant caryophyllaceae family licorice perennial medicinal fabaceae fall drop