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菅
sedge
Stroke count: 11
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カン
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ケン
Kun reading
すげ
Grade 9
KANJIDIC
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sedge
RtK
sedge (Cyperaceae spp., esp. members of genus Carex)
Radicals and components
Radical
艸
grass
Components
艹
grass
官
bureaucrat
宀
roof
冖
cloth cover
口
mouth
How it's built
菅
艹
grass
top · 3 strokes · form of 艸
→
官
bureaucrat
bottom · 8 strokes
→
宀
roof
top · 3 strokes
→
冖
cloth cover
2 strokes
→
口
mouth
3 strokes
→
Compound words
菅原道真
すがわらのみちざね
Sugawara no Michizane (845–903), Heian-era scholar later deified as Tenjin, the god of learning.
寒菅
かんすげ
Carex morrowii
丸菅
まるすげ
softstem bulrush (Scirpus tabernaemontani)
真菅
ますげ
sedge
菅笠
すげがさ
sedge-woven (bamboo) hat
菅藻
すがも
Phyllospadix iwatensis (species of seagrass)
白菅
しらすげ
Carex alopecuroides var. chlorostachya (species of sedge)
浜菅
はますげ
nut grass (Cyperus rotundus)
夕菅
ユウスゲ
citron daylily (Hemerocallis citrina)
蝦夷黄菅
えぞきすげ
lemon day-lily (Hemerocallis lilioasphodelus, formerly Hemerocallis flava)
日光黄菅
にっこうきすげ
day lily (Hemerocallis dumortierii)
Stroke Order
11 strokes
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