菅 — kanji meaning “sedge”
菅
sedge
- Meanings
- sedge
- On'yomi
- カン (kan)、ケン (ken)
- Kun'yomi
- すげ
- Name readings
- す、すが、すご
- Strokes
- 11
- School grade
- 9
- Newspaper frequency
- #1562 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 140
- Chinese reading
- jiān — Chinese character page
Words with 菅
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 菅笠 | すげがさ sugegasa | sedge-woven (bamboo) hat |
| 夕菅 | ゆうすげ yuusuge | citron daylily (Hemerocallis citrina); long yellow daylily |
| 浜菅 | はますげ hamasuge | nut grass (Cyperus rotundus) |
| 寒菅 | かんすげ kansuge | Carex morrowii |
| 白菅 | しらすげ shirasuge | Carex alopecuroides var. chlorostachya (species of sedge) |
| 丸菅 | まるすげ marusuge | softstem bulrush (Scirpus tabernaemontani) |
| 蝦夷黄菅 | えぞきすげ ezokisuge | lemon day-lily (Hemerocallis lilioasphodelus, formerly Hemerocallis flava); lemon lily; yellow day-lily |
| 菅藻 | すがも sugamo | Phyllospadix iwatensis (species of seagrass) |
| 日光黄菅 | にっこうきすげ nikkoukisuge | day lily (Hemerocallis dumortierii); orange-yellow day lily; Nikko day lily |
| 真菅 | ますげ masuge | sedge |
| 裏菅原 | うらすがわら urasugawara | scoring combination consisting of the January, February and March 5-point cards |
| 表菅原 | おもてすがわら omotesugawara | scoring combination consisting of the January and March 20-point cards and the February 10-point card |
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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