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Kanji Detail for 芝 - "lawn, grass, turf"

芝

  • Meaning

    芝 means "lawn, grass, turf."

    1. Lawn - Lawn grass; a perennial grass of the Poaceae family planted in gardens and grounds.

    2. A type of mushroom - Lingzhi mushroom; considered an auspicious sign.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    turf; lawn

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    sesame; a purplish or brown mushroom thought to have miraculous powers; 'a divine and felicitous plant' (Karlgren)

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    Zoysia pungens

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    sesame; a magical mushroom

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

    A cryptogamic plant. A type of fungus. Also called 靈芝 (lingzhi). Grows on dead trees. Its body is like a mushroom. The cap has cloud patterns. Both cap and stem are hard and smooth. Has six colors: blue, red, yellow, white, black, and purple. Anciently considered an auspicious plant.
  • Onyomitip

    shi(し) し

  • Kunyomitip

    shiba(しば) しば

  • Strokestip

    6 strokes

  • Radicaltip

    艸 艹 (kusa・kusakammuri・soko)

  • Related Keywords
    lawn grass turf sod green meadow pasture field garden yard ground herbage vegetation verdant lush grassy park golf play natural

Sentences including 芝

  • Keep off the grass !

  • Keep off the grass !

  • It is just an act.

  • The play begins at six this evening.

  • Can you recommend a good play?

  • Let's sit here on the grass.

  • I studied my part in the play.

  • She saw play after play.

  • We went to the play yesterday.

  • The play was a lot of fun.

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