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Kanji Detail for 蓉 - "lotus flower, hibiscus"
蓉
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Meaning
蓉 means "lotus flower, hibiscus."
Lotus flower - A beautiful aquatic bloom.
Hibiscus - A flowering plant (fuyo).
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Origin of 蓉
The grass crown 艹 over 容, which lends the reading yo. It exists almost solely inside 芙蓉 (fuyo), the lotus or the cotton-rose, and as a given name; 芙蓉峰 is a poetic name for Mount Fuji.
How to remember it: A flower 艹 with room 容 to open wide — the lotus of 芙蓉.
Sources: en.wiktionary.org · mojinavi.com
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Tattoo check: 蓉
- Verified meaning: lotus flower, hibiscus
- Jinmeiyō kanji — officially approved for use in Japanese given names
- Used in real Japanese given names (read はちす, ひろ, ゆう, よう)
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.
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Name readings of 蓉
Given names 蓉(よう)
Surnames 蓉(はちす)
蓉(ひろ)
蓉(ゆう)
蓉(よし)
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Compare with other kanji that mean the same thing:
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Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:
KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary
lotus
Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters
hibiscus; Chengdu, Sichuan
CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary
short name for Chengdu 成都[Cheng2 du1]
Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data
lotus, hibiscus; Chengdu, Sichuan
XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary
芙蓉 (hibiscus). See "芙" for details.
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Onyomi
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Kunyomi
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Strokes
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Radical
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Related Keywords
More kanji with the radical 艸 艹 (kusa・kusakammuri・soko)
- 芋 potato
- 芝 lawn
- 芙 lotus, hibiscus
- 芥 mustard, tiny trash
- 芦 reed, rush
- 芭 banana plant
- 芯 core, center, wick
- 花 flower, flower-like, to bloom
- 芳 fragrant, aromatic
- 芸 art, performance, talent
- 芹 celery
- 芽 bud, sprout, sign
- 苑 garden, gathering place
- 苔 moss, lichen
- 苗 seedling
- 苛 harsh, bully
- 若 young, immature, if
- 苦 suffering, bitter
- 英 hero, excellent
- 苺 strawberry
- 茂 overgrown, grow thick, be luxuriant
- 茄 eggplant
- 茅 cogon grass, thatch
- 茉 jasmine
- 茎 stem, stalk
- 茜 madder