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Kanji Detail for 蓍 - "bush clover, divining sticks"
蓍
- Meaning
蓍 means "bush clover, divining sticks."
Bush clover - A perennial plant of the Fabaceae family.
Divining sticks - Fifty sticks used for fortune-telling.
- Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:
KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary
yarrow; sericea; stalks used for divination
Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters
milfoil, plant used in divination
CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary
yarrow (Achillea millefolium)
Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data
yarrow, milfoil; a plant used in divination
XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary
A plant name. Two to three feet tall. Leaves are slender, long, and divided. Flowers are white or light red. Slightly resembles chrysanthemums. The most prolific plants have over fifty stems per plant. In ancient times its stems were used for divination.
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