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Reading

Kana: ショウ
Romaji: shō
Kana
Romaji

Meaning

iris

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  11
Radical Number:  140
Frequency: 
Grade:  9
Skip Pattern:  2-3-8
Korean Reading:  chang
Chinese Reading:  chang1
Unicode:  83d6
JIS:  3E54

Indexes

Nelson Index: 3969
New Nelson Index: 5085
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 3k8.22
Four Corner Index: 4460.6
Japanese Names Index: 1444
Daikanwanjiten Index: 31174X
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 9.0701
Remembering the kanji Index: 2366
1999 Kanji Learners Index: 1487
2013 Kanji Learners Index: 2005
Remembering the Kanji 6th Index: 2452
Kodansha Kanji Index: 2881

Words

菖蒲 (しょうぶ、そうぶ)
sweet flag (Acorus calamus); calamus; Japanese iris (Iris ensata var. ensata)
匂い菖蒲 (においしょうぶ)
aromatic cane; orris
いずれ菖蒲か杜若 (いずれあやめかかきつばた)
equally beautiful
黄菖蒲 (きしょうぶ)
yellow iris
江戸花菖蒲 (えどはなしょうぶ)
Iris ensata; Edo Japanese iris
菖蒲 (あやめ、アヤメ)
iris (flower); Siberian iris (Iris sanguinea); sweet flag (Acorus calamus); calamus
菖蒲湯 (しょうぶゆ)
bathwater with iris petals
花菖蒲 (はなしょうぶ、はなあやめ)
Japanese iris; blue flag; Iris ensata
伊勢花菖蒲 (いせはなしょうぶ)
Iris ensata; Ise Japanese iris
オランダ菖蒲 (オランダあやめ、オランダアヤメ)
gladiolus; Dutch iris (Iris x hollandica)
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