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Kanji Detail for 莠 - "foxtail grass, bad"
莠
- Meaning
莠 means "foxtail grass, bad."
Foxtail grass - An annual grass of the Poaceae family.
Bad - Wicked; ugly.
- Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:
KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary
appears good but is bad; type of weed which resembles rice
Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters
weeds, tares; undesirable, evil
CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary
Setaria viridis; vicious
Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data
weeds, tares; evil, undesirable
XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary
A plant name. Often grows in fields. Resembles millet but does not produce grain. Anything related to evil is called 莠. Such as referring to the good and bad of people's customs as 良莠 (good and bad).
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