Kanji Detail for 蔣 - "water oat, ancient state"

蔣

Jinmeiyō Kanji

Meaning

蔣 means "water oat, ancient state."
1. Water oat - A type of aquatic grass; wild rice plant.
2. Ancient state - A historical Chinese state name.
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- Verified meaning: water oat, ancient state
- Jinmeiyō kanji — officially approved for use in Japanese given names
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Dictionary Citations

The meaning above is based on the following sources:

KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

surname; hydropyrum latifalium

Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

surname; Hydropyrum latifolium

CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

surname Jiang; Chiang Kai-shek 蔣介石|蒋介石[Jiang3 Jie4 shi2]

Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

Hydropyrum latifalium; surname

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

Of the 菰 type. | A state name. Descendants of the Duke of Zhou. Appears in the Zuo Zhuan.
Onyomi

shoh(ショウ)

soh(ソウ)
Kunyomi

hage.masu(はげ-ます)

makomo(まこも)
Strokes

14 strokes
Radical

艸艹 (kusa・kusakammuri・soko)
Related Keywords

water oat ancient state mokomo aquatic botanical plant perennial historical rice paddy stem leaves grass