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Kanji Detail for 茜 - "madder, crimson"
茜
- Meaning
茜 means "madder, crimson."
Madder - A plant used for red dye.
Crimson - A deep red color; scarlet.
- Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:
KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary
madder; red dye; Turkey red
Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters
madder, Rubia cordifolia; reeds
CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary
(bound form) Indian madder; munjeet (Rubia cordifolia); (bound form) madder red; dark red; alizarin crimson
Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data
reed, madder; Rubia cordifolia
XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary
A plant name. A vine. Stem is square and hollow inside. Leaves are elongated oval. Both leaf stalks and vine have thorns. Blooms small white flowers in summer months. The root can dye crimson. Red gauze is called 茜紗 (madder gauze).
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