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Kanji Detail for 蔗 - "sugarcane, tasty, interesting"

  • Meaning

    蔗 means "sugarcane, tasty, interesting."

    1. Sugarcane - A perennial grass of the Poaceae family from which sugar is extracted.

    2. Tasty - Sweet.

    3. Interesting - Amusing.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    sugar cane

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    sugar cane

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    sugar cane

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    sugar cane

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    A plant cultivated in gardens and fields. Commonly called 甘蔗 (sugarcane). Most abundant in Fujian and Guangdong. Stem is like bamboo. Solid inside. Has nodes but no branches. The tall ones exceed one zhang. Leaves are narrow and pointed. Cluster at the stem top. Used to make sugar. Can also be eaten raw. | The meaning of sweet and delicious. Gu Kaizhi always ate sugarcane from the tip to the base. He said "Gradually entering the fine realm." Therefore when affairs go from bitter to pleasant it is called 蔗境 (sugarcane realm).
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