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Entry

  1. Noun

    sweet flag (Acorus calamus); calamus

    その庭園は菖蒲の名所です。
    The garden is famous for its irises.

  2. Japanese iris (Iris ensata var. ensata)

    Colloquialsee 花菖蒲

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Characters in this word

2
菖
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

iris

On
ショウ
Strokes
11
Taught
Jinmeiyō
JLPT
N1
Radical
艸 grass

Built from

日艾
Words starting with 菖Words ending in 菖Anywhere in a word
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)
蒲
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

bullrush, flag, cattail

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

Built from

汁用丶艾十
Words starting with 蒲Words ending in 蒲Anywhere in a word
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