Meanings
- iris
Strokes11
JLPT levelN1
School gradeName kanji
FrequencyBeyond #2,500
Kanji N1
菖: iris
菖 is a JLPT N1 kanji meaning iris, written with 11 strokes. It is read ショウ (on), and has no common kun reading. It is not a jōyō kanji; you will meet it mostly in names. You will see it in 菖蒲 (しょうぶ, sweet flag).
菖
On reading · Kun reading
On reading
- ショウ
On'yomi: from Chinese, written in katakana. Used in compound words.
Kun reading
- None in common use
Kun'yomi: native Japanese, in hiragana. The faint part is the okurigana, written in kana after the kanji.
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Common words with 菖
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- 菖蒲しょうぶ
sweet flag (Acorus calamus); calamus
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