菫

See also: 堇

Translingual

Han character

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

References

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

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Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 菫 – see 蓳 (“Viola verecunda, a kind of violet.”). (This character is a variant form of 蓳).

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Japanese

Kanji

菫

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

1. the violet

Readings

• Go-on: ごん (gon)
• Kan-on: きん (kin)
• Kun: すみれ (sumire, 菫)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
菫
すみれ Jinmeiyō
kun'yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) すみれ [sùmíré] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [sɨmʲiɾe̞]

Alternative forms

• 菫菜, 菫葵

Noun

菫(すみれ) or 菫(スミレ) • (sumire) 

1. a flowering plant of the family Violaceae
   • 938, Minamoto no Shitagō, Wamyō Ruijushō, volume 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 (any of several flowering plants of the genus Viola)
3. a

Derived terms

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

Proper noun

菫(すみれ) • (Sumire) 

1. a female given name

References

• Minamoto, Shitagō with Kyōto Daigaku Bungakubu Kokugogaku Kokubungaku Kenkyūshitu (931–938) Shohon Shūsei Wamyō Ruijushō: Honbunhen (in Japanese), Kyōto: Rinsen, published 1968, →ISBN.

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Korean

Hanja

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

1. celery
2. aconite