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Kanji Detail for 蔦 - "ivy, creeper"
蔦
- Meaning
蔦 means "ivy, creeper."
Ivy - A climbing vine plant.
Creeper - A plant that grows along surfaces.
- Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:
KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary
vine; ivy
Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters
the convolvulus; parasitic plants such as mistletoe; Ribes ambiguum
CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary
parasitic mistletoe (Loranthus parasiticus), esp. on the mulberry
XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary
A shrub name. It is 菟絲子 (dodder). The Book of Odes says "The dodder and mistletoe. Spread upon the pine and cypress." Today 蔦蘿 is used as a term for relatives. A metaphor for clinging to a high family.
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