菖 — kanji meaning “iris”
菖
iris
- Meanings
- iris
- On'yomi
- ショウ (shou)
- Kun'yomi
- —
- Strokes
- 11
- School grade
- 9
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 1
- Classical radical
- 140
- Chinese reading
- chāng — Chinese character page
Words with 菖
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 菖蒲 | しょうぶ shoubu | sweet flag (Acorus calamus); calamus |
| 菖蒲 | あやめ ayame | iris (flower) |
| 花菖蒲 | はなしょうぶ hanashoubu | Japanese iris; blue flag; Iris ensata |
| 菖蒲湯 | しょうぶゆ shoubuyu | bathwater with iris leaves; sweet-flag bath |
| 黄菖蒲 | きしょうぶ kishoubu | yellow iris |
| 匂い菖蒲 | においしょうぶ nioishoubu | fragrant iris; sweet flag; orris |
| 石菖 | せきしょう sekishou | Japanese sweet flag (Acorus gramineus) |
| 庭石菖 | にわぜきしょう niwazekishou | blue-eyed grass (Sisyrinchium rosulatum) |
| 檜扇菖蒲 | ひおうぎあやめ hiougiayame | Arctic iris (Iris setosa) |
| 狸菖蒲 | たぬきおやめ tanukioyame | wooly frogsmouth (Philydrum lanuginosum); wooly waterlily |
Data: KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.
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