Kanji Detail for 莧 - "amaranth, pokeweed"

莧

Non-Jōyō Kanji

Meaning
莧 means "amaranth, pokeweed."
1. Amaranth - An annual plant of the Amaranthaceae family.
2. Pokeweed - A perennial plant of the Phytolaccaceae family.
Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:

KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

edible greens; amaranth

Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

edible greens; amaranth

CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

amaranth (genus Amaranthus); Joseph's coat (Amaranthus tricolor); Chinese spinach (Amaranth mangostanus)

Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

amaranth

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

A vegetable plant. Leaves are ovate. Comes in green and red colors. Eaten when tender. Flowers bloom in autumn. Color is yellow.
Onyomi

gen(げん)

kan(かん)

ken(けん)
Kunyomi

hiyu
Strokes

13 strokes
Radical

艸艹 (kusa・kusakammuri・soko)
Related Keywords
amaranth annual plant amaranthaceae family pokeweed perennial phytolaccaceae