菫

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See also: 堇
菫 U+83EB, 菫
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-83EB
← 菪
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 菬 →

Translingual

Japanese 菫
Simplified 堇
Traditional 蓳/菫/堇

Han character

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

Derived characters

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

Chinese

Definitions

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

Compounds

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
Alternative spellings
菫菜
菫葵
 スミレ科 on Japanese Wikipedia
 スミレ属 on Japanese Wikipedia
 スミレ on Japanese Wikipedia

Pronunciation

Noun

菫(すみれ) or 菫(スミレ) • (sumire) 

  1. Viola mandshurica, a species of violet
  2. a viola (any of several flowering plants of the genus Viola)
    Synonym: 菫草 (sumire-gusa)
    • 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
      Violet- The Materia medicia calls them 'violet greens', people commonly call them 'violet mallows', the above sound is jin, Japanese name sumire
    • 1617: Gennabon Kagakushū (page 98)
      菫菜(スミレ)
  3. Clipping of 菫色 (sumire iro).
  4. a 紋 (mon, “crest”) in the shape of violet leaves or flowers

Derived terms

Proper noun

菫(すみれ) • (Sumire) 

  1. a female given name

References

Korean

Hanja

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

  1. celery
  2. aconite
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