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    1. Dictionary
    2. Kanji
    3. 菖

    菖

    菖ショウ

    iris

    NTN1Nature & EnvironmentKanji11 strokes

    On'yomi

    ショウ

    iris

    艹昌

    艹
    日

    Stroke 0 / 11

    Speed1.0x

    菓葛萱著萌菴菎葩萱菓葛著萌菴菎萇菲猖

    Alternative forms of this concept

    䒑
    艸

    Concepts using this kanji

    石菖

    Japanese sweet flag (Acorus gramineus)

    庭石菖

    blue-eyed grass (Sisyrinchium rosulatum)

    六日の菖蒲

    something that comes too late to be useful

    伊勢花菖蒲

    Iris ensata

    江戸花菖蒲

    Iris ensata

    肥後花菖蒲

    Iris ensata

    花菖蒲

    Japanese iris

    菖蒲

    sweet flag (Acorus calamus)

    いずれ菖蒲か杜若

    (of a choice) one being as excellent as the other

    菖蒲湯

    bathwater with iris leaves

    黄菖蒲

    yellow iris

    オランダ菖蒲

    gladiolus

    匂い菖蒲

    aromatic cane

    檜扇菖蒲

    Arctic iris (Iris setosa)

    狸菖蒲

    wooly frogsmouth (Philydrum lanuginosum)

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    Used in vocabulary

    • 日
    • 艹

    is_used_in

    • 黄菖蒲
    • 花菖蒲
    • 菖蒲
    • 匂い菖蒲
    • 菖蒲湯
    • いずれ菖蒲か杜若
    • 石菖
    • 江戸花菖蒲
    • 肥後花菖蒲
    • 伊勢花菖蒲
    • 庭石菖
    • 檜扇菖蒲
    • オランダ菖蒲
    • 六日の菖蒲
    • 狸菖蒲

    Similar concepts

    • 菓
    • 葛
    • 萱
    • 著
    • 萌
    • 菴
    • 菎
    • 葩
    • 萇
    • 菲
    • 猖

    Variants

    • 䒑
    • 艸

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