Entry
  1. Noun

    Japanese iris; blue flag; Iris ensata

    池のほとりに花ショウブが綺麗に咲いていました。
    Many Japanese irises were flowering prettily on the lake's edge.

Also written 花しょうぶ【はなしょうぶ】

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Characters in this word

3
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flower

Kun
はな
On
Strokes
7
Taught
Grade 1
JLPT
N4
Frequency
578 of 2500
Radical
grass
WaniKani
Level 4

Built from

Used in names as

Dictionary and index codes (33)
CodeReference
2-3-4SKIP code
3k4.7The Kanji Dictionary
4421.4Four corner code
1956deroo
82b1Unicode hex code
1-18-54JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
3909Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
4980New Nelson (John Haig)
2211New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2740Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1405Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1894Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1009Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1084Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
551A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
481Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
328Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
30734PMorohashi
9A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
255Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
255Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
43sakade
81Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
70henshall3
69Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
314Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
2.18busy_people
641Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1018Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
hua1Pinyin reading
hwaKorean reading
n4JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
4WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

iris

On
ショウ
Strokes
11
Taught
Jinmeiyō
JLPT
N1
Radical
grass

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (18)
CodeReference
2-3-8SKIP code
3k8.22The Kanji Dictionary
4460.6Four corner code
83d6Unicode hex code
1-30-52JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
3969Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
5085New Nelson (John Haig)
2881Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1487Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2005Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
2366Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2452Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1444Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
31174XMorohashi
2220Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
chang1Pinyin reading
changKorean reading
n1JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

bullrush, flag, cattail

Kun
がまかばかま
On
Strokes
13
Taught
Jinmeiyō
Frequency
1887 of 2500
Radical
grass

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (18)
CodeReference
2-3-10, 2-4-10SKIP code
3k10.8The Kanji Dictionary
4412.7Four corner code
84b2Unicode hex code
1-19-87JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4021Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
5156New Nelson (John Haig)
2504New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2932Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2039Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1838Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1981Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1598A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1993Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
31611XMorohashi
1855Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
pu2Pinyin reading
poKorean reading