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Kanji Detail for 菖 - "sweet flag, iris"

菖

  • Meaning

    菖 means "sweet flag, iris."

    1. Sweet flag - An aquatic plant (Acorus calamus).

    2. Iris - A flowering plant associated with Boys' Day.

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    • Verified meaning: sweet flag, iris
    • Jinmeiyō kanji — officially approved for use in Japanese given names
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read あや, あやめ, しょう)

    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 菖

    Given names 菖(あや)Listen 菖(あやめ)Listen 菖(しょう)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    iris

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    iris, sweet flag, calamus

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    see 菖蒲[chang1 pu2]

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    iris, sweet flag, Calamus

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

    菖蒲 (calamus/sweet flag). A plant name. Grows by water edges. Leaves have ridges and are sword-shaped. Veins are parallel. Aroma is pungent. Flowers are small and pale yellow. Has two varieties, large and small. Large ones are three to four feet. Commonly on Dragon Boat Festival, leaves are cut into sword shapes to hang on doors. Also called 白菖. Also named 水菖蒲 (water calamus). Small ones are over a foot tall. Leaves are slender. Also called 石菖蒲 (rock calamus). Commonly called 細葉菖蒲 (fine-leaf calamus). Grown for ornamental enjoyment.

  • Onyomi

    tip

    shoh(ショウ) ショウ

  • Kunyomi

    tip
    none

  • Strokes

    tip

    11 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    艸 艹 (kusa・kusakammuri・soko)

  • Related Keywords

    sweet flag iris calamus acorus aquatic aromatic plant herb fragrance marsh wetland rhizome medicinal botanical flowering

Sentences including 菖

  • The garden is famous for its irises.

More kanji with the radical 艸 艹 (kusa・kusakammuri・soko)

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