Translingual

Han character

菖 (radical 140 艸+8, 14 strokes, cangjie input 廿日日 (TAA), four-corner 4460₆)

1. iris, sweet flag, calamus

References

• KangXi: page 1038, character 3
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 31174
• Dae Jaweon: page 1496, character 10
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 5, page 3233, character 12
• Unihan data for U+83D6

Cantonese

Hanzi

菖 ‎(Jyutping coeng1, Yale cheung1)

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Japanese

Kanji

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

1. iris (the flower)

Readings

• Goon: しょう (shō), (historical) しやう (shau)
• Kan’on: しょう (shō), (historical) しやう (shau)

Korean

Hanja

菖 • ‎(chang) (hangeul 창, revised chang, McCune-Reischauer ch'ang, Yale chang)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

菖 ‎(Pinyin bì (bi4), chāng (chang1), Wade-Giles pi⁴, ch'ang¹)

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