Kanji Detail for 荑 - "cogon sprout, bud, barnyard grass"

荑

Non-Jōyō Kanji

Meaning
荑 means "cogon sprout, bud, barnyard grass."
1. Cogon sprout - A young shoot of cogon grass.
2. Bud - A sprout; a new shoot.
3. Barnyard grass - An annual grass of the Poaceae family.
Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:

KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

sprouts; tares

Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

sprouts; tares

CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

(grass)

Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

sprout; to weed

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

The initial sprout of cogon grass is called 荑. The Book of Odes says "Hands like soft sprouts." Also interchangeable with 稊. The initial buds of plants and trees. The Book of Changes says "The withered willow produces sprouts." Also written as 稊.
Onyomi

dai(だい)

i(い)

tei(てい)
Kunyomi

tsubana
Strokes

12 strokes
Radical

艸艹 (kusa・kusakammuri・soko)
Related Keywords
cogon sprout young shoot grass bud new barnyard annual poaceae family