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

Chinese

Pronunciation

Definitions

菫

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Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

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Readings

• Goon: ごん (gon)
• Kan’on: きん (kin)
• Kun: すみれ (sumire)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) すみれ [sùmíré] (Heiban - [0])
• IPA^(key): [sɯᵝmiɺ̠e̞]

Alternative forms

• 菫菜, 菫葵

Noun

菫 ‎(hiragana すみれ, katakana スミレ, romaji sumire)

1. a flowering plant of the family Violaceae
   • 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 (any of several flowering plants of the genus Viola)
3. a Viola mandshurica

Derived terms

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

References

• Kamei, Takashi (1944) Kagakushū: Gennabon, Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten
• Minamoto, Shitagō; Kyōto Daigaku Bungakubu Kokugogaku Kokubungaku Kenkyūshitu (931–938) Shohon Shūsei Wamyō Ruijushō: Honbunhen (in Japanese), Kyōto: Rinsen, ISBN 978-4-653-00507-0, published 1968.

Korean

Hanja

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

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