菫

See also: 堇

Translingual

Han character

菫 (radical 140 艸+8, 14 strokes, cangjie input 廿一中一 (TMLM), four-corner 4410₄)

1. celery, aconite

References

• KangXi: page 1039, character 2
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 31207
• Dae Jaweon: page 1497, character 10
• Hanyu Da Zidian: not present, would follow volume 5, page 3231, character 2
• Unihan data for U+83EB

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Cantonese

Hanzi

菫 (Yale gan2)

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Japanese

Wikipedia

Alternative forms

• 菫菜
• 菫葵

Noun

菫 (hiragana すみれ, romaji sumire)

1. flowering plants of the Violaceae family
   • 931-938, Wamyō Ruijushō (book 9 page 48)

     菫菜 本草云、菫菜俗謂之菫葵、上音謹、須美禮

   • 1617: Gennabon Kagakushū (page 98)

     菫菜(スミレ)

2. a viola; a type of plant the Violaceae family; commonly known as a violet or pansy

Derived terms

• 菫草 (sumiregusa)
• 菫色 (sumireiro)
• 菫科 (sumireka)

Kanji

菫

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

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Readings

• On: きん (kin)
• Kun: すみれ (sumire)

References

• 1944 May 2 [1617], Takashi Kamei, Kagakushū: Gennabon, Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten:
• 1968 May 2 [931-938], Shitagō Minamoto; Kyōto Daigaku Bungakubu Kokugogaku Kokubungaku Kenkyūshitu, Shohon Shūsei Wamyō Ruijushō: Honbunhen (in Japanese), Kyōto: Rinsen, ISBN 4-653-00507-9:

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Korean

Hanja

菫 (geun) (hangeul 근, revised geun, McCune-Reischauer kŭn, Yale kun)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

菫 (Pinyin jǐn (jin3), Wade-Giles chin³)

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