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Kanji Detail for 莖 - "stem, stalk-like, counter"
莖
- Meaning
莖 means "stem, stalk-like, counter."
Stem - The stalk of a plant.
Stalk-like - Something long and slender like a stem.
Counter - A counter for long, thin objects.
- Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:
KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary
stem; stalk
Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters
stem, stalk
CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary
stalk; stem; CL:條|条[tiao2]
Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data
stem, stalk
XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary
The trunk of herbaceous plants. Grows from young buds. Either above ground or underground. | The handle or stem of objects is also called 莖. Emperor Wu of Han made a golden stem to support a dew-catching plate. Also a single strand of hair is called 一莖. Such as saying 數莖白髮 (several strands of white hair). This is the meaning.
- Onyomi
- Kunyomi
- Strokes
- Radical
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