Kanji Detail for 莨 - "henbane, tobacco"

莨

Non-Jōyō Kanji

Meaning
莨 means "henbane, tobacco."
1. Henbane - A perennial plant of the Solanaceae family (used in compound 莨菪).
2. Tobacco - An annual plant of the Solanaceae family (Japanese usage).
Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:

KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

tobacco

Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

herb, Scopolia japonica

CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

Scopalia japonica maxin

Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

Japanese belladonna; Scopolia japonica

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

莨菪 (henbane). A medicinal plant. Also called 天仙子. | 薯莨. A plant name. A type of yam. Contains much sticky sap. Fishermen use it to dye fishing nets. Makes hemp fibers crisp and durable, not easily rotted. Appears in "New Words of Guangdong." Nowadays also used to dye silk fabrics. Called 薯莨綢 (gambiered Canton gauze). Read as 良.
Onyomi

roh(ろう)
Kunyomi

tabako
Strokes

13 strokes
Radical

艸艹 (kusa・kusakammuri・soko)
Related Keywords
henbane perennial plant solanaceae family tobacco annual