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Kanji Detail for 葵 - "hollyhock, flower, noble"
葵
- Meaning
葵 means "hollyhock, flower, noble."
Hollyhock - A plant of the mallow family.
Family crest - One type of family emblem.
- Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:
KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary
hollyhock
Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters
sunflower; measure
CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary
used in the names of various herbaceous plants
Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data
sunflower; to measure
XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary
A vegetable plant. Such as 兔葵 (mallow), 楚葵 (parsley), 鳧葵 (brasenia) and the like. Ancient people all used them as vegetables. 兔葵 grows in low marshy fields. Flowers are white like plum blossoms. Its stems are purple-black. When cooked it is extremely smooth. 楚葵 is water celery. 鳧葵 is brasenia. | 向日葵 (sunflower). Stem and trunk grow straight up without branches. Between summer and autumn, yellow flowers bloom at the stem tip. Large as a plate. Its nature is to rotate toward the sun. Hence the name. Seeds are edible. Used as a metaphor for humble devotion. Based on Cao Zhi's memorial. | 蜀葵 (hollyhock). Flowers are like rose of Sharon. Has deep red, light red, purple, black, white, and other colors. Those with small flowers are called 錦葵. | 秋葵 (autumn mallow). Also called 黃蜀葵. Leaves are palmately deeply divided. Pale yellow flowers bloom in summer. Purple center with five petals. | 蒲葵 (Chinese fan palm). An evergreen tree. Grows in hot areas of Fujian and Guangdong. Leaves are very similar to windmill palm. Only the base is connected. Can be made into fans. Called 葵扇. Commonly called 芭蕉扇 (banana fan).
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