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Kanji Detail for 苕 - "vetch, trumpet creeper, plume"
苕
- Meaning
苕 means "vetch, trumpet creeper, plume."
Vetch - A biennial plant of the Fabaceae family.
Trumpet creeper - A climbing woody plant of the Bignoniaceae family.
Plume - A reed's feathery head.
- Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:
KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary
rush plant
Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters
rush plant
CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary
see 紅苕|红苕[hong2 shao2]
Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data
rush, reed; trumpet vine
XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary
Reed flowers. Growing flowering stems without husks or calyxes. Calling a child's cleverness 苕秀 (standing out like a reed). Meaning standing out like a reed flower. Today people use its stems for brooms. Called 苕帚 (reed broom). Also written as 笤.
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