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Kanji Detail for 薊 - "thistle"
薊
- Meaning
薊 means "thistle."
Thistle - A perennial plant of the Asteraceae family.
- Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:
KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary
thistle
Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters
genus Cirsium, thistles; surname
CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary
surname Ji; ancient Chinese city state near present-day Beijing
Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data
cirsium, thistle; surname
XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary
A plant name. Has two types, large and small. 大薊 (big thistle) is four to five feet tall. Leaves are pinnately deeply divided. Edges have hard spines. Red-purple flowers bloom in autumn. 小薊 (small thistle) is one to two feet tall. Leaves also have spines. Light purple flowers bloom in summer.
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