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Kanji Detail for 莞 - "rush, smiling, bulrush"

莞

  • Meaning

    莞 means "rush, smiling, bulrush."

    1. Rush - A perennial grass used for weaving mats.

    2. Bulrush - A plant of the sedge family.

    3. Smiling - Grinning happily; beaming.

  • Tattoo check: 莞

    • Verified meaning: rush, smiling, bulrush
    • Jinmeiyō kanji — officially approved for use in Japanese given names
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read かん, かんじ)

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 莞

    Given names 莞(かん)Listen

    Surnames 莞(かんじ)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    smiling; reed used to cover tatami

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    smiling; a kind of aquatic herb, clubrush, Scirpus lacustris

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    Skimmia japonica

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    to smile; club-rush, Scirpus lacustris

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

    A plant name. Self-grows in ponds and marshes. Also called 水蔥 (water onion). Stems are slender and round. Small yellowish-green flowers bloom in summer. Flower arrangement is small spike-shaped. Clusters grow at stem tips. Stems can be woven into mats. | 莞爾. The appearance of a slight smile.

  • Onyomi

    tip

    kan(カン) カン

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    i(い) い

  • Strokes

    tip

    10 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    艸 艹 (kusa・kusakammuri・soko)

  • Related Keywords

    rush bulrush smiling reed plant marsh sedge swamp mats meadow perennial beaming grinning

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