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Kanji Detail for 荸 - "water chestnut"
荸
- Meaning
荸 means "water chestnut."
Water chestnut - A perennial plant of the Cyperaceae family (used in compound 荸薺).
- Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:
KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary
water chestnut
Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters
water chestnut
CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary
used in 荸薺|荸荠[bi2 qi2]
Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data
water chestnut
XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary
荸薺 (water chestnut). A fruit plant. Commonly called 馬蹄 (horse hoof). Also named 地栗 (ground chestnut). Planted in paddy fields. A single stem grows straight up. No branches or leaves. Flower spikes cluster at the stem tip. Has underground tubers. Sweet taste. Eaten as food.
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