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Kanji Detail for 蒟 - "betel, konjac"
蒟
- Meaning
蒟 means "betel, konjac."
Betel - A climbing plant of the Piperaceae family (used in compound 蒟醬).
Konjac - A perennial plant of the Araceae family (used in compound 蒟蒻).
- Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:
KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary
devil's tongue (plant)
Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters
betel pepper; Amorphophallus konjac
CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary
betel
Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data
betel pepper; Amorphophallus konjac
XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary
蒟蒻 (konjac). A plant name. Root is large and thick. When skinned and boiled in lye five or six times, it becomes a jelly-like substance. Can be used as food.
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