Kanji Detail for 薔 - "water knotweed, rose"

薔

Non-Jōyō Kanji

Meaning
薔 means "water knotweed, rose."
1. Water knotweed - An annual plant of the Polygonaceae family.
2. Rose - A deciduous shrub of the Rosaceae family (used in compound 薔薇).
Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:

KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

water pepper

Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

rose

CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

used in 薔薇|蔷薇[qiang2 wei1]

Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

rose

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

A plant name. It is 水蓼 (water buckwheat). Also called 澤蓼 (marsh buckwheat). Leaves are narrower than water smartweed. Smaller than horse buckwheat. | 薔薇 (rose). A shrub name. Grows along walls. Branches are lush and thorny. Leaves are compound. Flowers have red, white, yellow, and other colors. Quite beautiful and gorgeous.
Onyomi

shoh(しょう)

shoku(しょく)

soh(そう)
Kunyomi

mizutade
Strokes

19 strokes
Radical

艸艹 (kusa・kusakammuri・soko)
Related Keywords
water knotweed annual plant polygonaceae family rose deciduous shrub rosaceae