Kanji Detail for 荳 - "bean, cardamom"

荳

Non-Jōyō Kanji

Meaning
荳 means "bean, cardamom."
1. Bean - A legume.
2. Cardamom - A perennial plant of the Zingiberaceae family (used in compound 豆蔲/荳蔲).
Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:

KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

bean; nutmeg

Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

beans, peas; bean-shaped

CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

legume; pulse; bean; pea (CL:顆|颗[ke1],粒[li4]) (variant of 豆[dou4])

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

Interchangeable with 豆. Soybeans and small beans are commonly written as 荳. | 荳蔻 (cardamom). See "蔻" for details.
Onyomi

toh(とう)

zu(ず)
Kunyomi

mame(まめ)
Strokes

13 strokes
Radical

艸艹 (kusa・kusakammuri・soko)
Related Keywords
bean legume cardamom perennial plant zingiberaceae family