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菖 — 11 strokes ／ Radical「艹」

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ショウしょう · shō
Kun
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Meaning
sweet flag; iris

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Grass 艹 with 昌 as phonetic: the sweet flag that grows at the water's edge.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 菖蒲しょうぶ

    sweet flag; iris

  • 花菖蒲はなしょうぶ

    Japanese iris

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

端午(たんご)の節句(せっく)に菖蒲(しょうぶ)湯(ゆ)に入(はい)った。

We took a sweet-flag bath for the Boys' Festival.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

花菖蒲菖蒲菖花flower蒲cattai…芭banana…芙lotus苅mow芥mustar…芹Japane…丞assist庄manor昌prospe…妾concub…哨sentry
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Compound

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