Kanji Detail for 蕉 - "banana plant, basho, poetry"

蕉

Jinmeiyō Kanji

JLPT N1

Meaning
蕉 means "banana plant, basho, poetry."
1. Banana plant - A plant of the Musaceae family (basho).
2. Basho - The pen name of the famous haiku poet Matsuo Basho.
Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:

KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

banana; plantain

Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

banana; plantain

CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

banana

Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

banana, plantain

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

芭蕉 (banana/plantain). A fruit plant. Eight to nine feet tall. Stem is soft. With layered skin wrapping around. Leaves are the longest and largest. Has parallel veins. Those over three years old bear flowers. Color is pale yellow. Fruit is three to four inches. Sweet and edible. Called 甘蕉 (sweet banana). Commonly called 香蕉 (fragrant banana). Those not growing in tropical regions do not ripen properly.
Onyomi

shoh(ショウ)
Kunyomi
none
Strokes

15 strokes
Radical

艸艹 (kusa・kusakammuri・soko)
Related Keywords
banana basho plant tropical poet haiku literature artistic creative nature exotic green leaf Japanese cultural literary Matsuo poetry expressive imaginative