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Kanji Detail for 蕉 - "banana plant, basho, poetry"
蕉
- Meaning
蕉 means "banana plant, basho, poetry."
Banana plant - A plant of the Musaceae family (basho).
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.
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