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Kanji Detail for 菱 - "water caltrop, diamond shape"
菱
- Meaning
菱 means "water caltrop, diamond shape."
Water caltrop - An aquatic plant.
Diamond shape - A rhombus pattern.
- Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:
KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary
diamond (shape); water chestnut; rhombus
Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters
water-chestnut, water caltrop
CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary
(bound form) water caltrop (Trapa species)
Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data
water chestnut, water caltrop
XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary
A fruit plant. Planted in ponds. Stems emerge at the top with leaves. Roughly triangular in shape. Floats on the water surface. Small white flowers bloom in summer. Fruit has four corners or two corners. Hence called 菱角 (water caltrop). Color is green or red. Can be eaten raw or cooked.
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