漢字Kanji · in Textiles, Plants & Food
菖: iris
JLPT N111 strokesName kanji (jinmeiyō)Your ink: 白 Not met
艹 carries the meaning · 昌 is drawn in
11 strokes
One reading, and the words that use it
ショウshou · on'yomi · in compounds
- 菖蒲しょうぶsweet flag (Acorus calamus); calamus
- 石菖せきしょうJapanese sweet flag (Acorus gramineus)
- 庭石菖にわぜきしょうblue-eyed grass (Sisyrinchium rosulatum)
Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Grass growing on top! Like a green crown upon the earth, this radical sits above kanji related to flowers, herbs, and vegetation.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
昌
Also built on prosperous (昌)
Easy to confuse
The difference, side by side菖 iris · 艹
vs唱 chant · 口In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · chāng
Same form: 菖 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).
- Simplified
- 菖 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 菖 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin chāng most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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