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Kanji Detail for 荻 - "silvergrass, grass, autumn"
荻
- Meaning
荻 means "silvergrass, grass, autumn."
Silvergrass - A tall grass similar to reeds.
Ogi - A perennial grass of the rice family.
- Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:
KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary
reed; rush
Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters
reed, Miscanthus saccariflorus
CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary
Anaphalis yedoensis (pearly everlasting reed); used in Japanese names with phonetic value Ogi
Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data
rush, reed; Miscanthus saccariflorus
XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary
A plant name. Same type as reeds. Grows by water edges. Five to six feet tall. Leaves are slightly wider than reeds. Stems are also tougher. Small and solid inside. Commonly reeds and 荻 are mentioned together. Both used as fuel for cooking. Song dynasty's Ouyang Xiu received instruction from his mother as a child. She drew on the ground with 荻 to teach him writing. Appears in the "History of Song." Nowadays praise for virtuous mothers includes the phrase "drawing with 荻." Based on this.
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