蒹

Information about character(s)

Radical: 艸
Radical Strokes: 6
Additional Strokes: 10
Total Strokes: 13

Pronunciation

Pinyin: jiān
Cantonese: gim1
JapaneseKun: OGI
JapaneseOn: KEN
Korean: KYEM

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: reed, phragmites communis

CE-Dict: reed

21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.a kind of reed with a pithy stem

說文解字 - Shuowen: 《艸部》蒹雚之未秀者。从艸兼聲。

康熙字典文字版 【申集上】【艸字部】蒹
【唐韻】古甜切【正韻】古嫌切，𠀤音兼。【說文】雚之未秀者。【詩·秦風】蒹葭蒼蒼。【傳】蒹，薕也。【疏】似雚而細，高數尺。陸璣云：水草，堅實，牛食之令牛肥强，靑、徐州人謂之蒹。
考證：〔【詩·秦風】蒹葭蒼蒼。【疏】靑徐州人謂之簾。〕　謹照原文簾改蒹。

CF-Dict: roseau

Han-De-Dict: Ried, Rippung (Profil aus mehreren parallelen Holzstäben) (u.E.) (S)