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Kanji Detail for 韭 - "chinese chive"
韭
- Meaning
韭 means "chinese chive."
Chinese chive - A perennial plant of the lily family with a distinctive smell; leaves are edible.
- Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:
KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary
leek radical (no. 179)
Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters
scallion, leek; Kangxi radical 179
CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary
leek
Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data
scallion, leek, chive
XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary
A vegetable name. The leaves are thin, long, and flat. Early leeks in early spring were anciently considered the finest of vegetables. However, their taste is pungent and strong, being one of the five pungent vegetables. Both Buddhist and Daoist traditions prohibit eating them.
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