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菅

sedge
Stroke count: 11

Readings

On readingカン、ケン
Kun readingすげ
Grade 9KANJIDIC

Meanings

  1. sedgeRtK
  1. sedge (Cyperaceae spp., esp. members of genus Carex)

Radicals and components

Radical艸grass
Components
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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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Practice Writing 菅

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