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coarse grass

HSK 10
Nature →Plants →Grasses
jiān
カン、ケン
すげ
관, 간
Components
艹 grass (top)+ 官 bureaucrat =
菅 coarse grass
艹 Meaning component
cao grass (top)
grass
grass
官 Phonetic component
guān bureaucrat
official, public servant
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Notes
Similar Characters
春 springtime甍 rafters supporting roof盖 hide (simp)着 arrive/wear繭 cocoon (trad/jp)艺 art (simp)艻 sweet basil艽 a root艾 Chinese mugwort艿 taro节 knot (simp)芄 Metaplexis stauntoni芊 exuberant and vigorous芋 taro芍 peony芎 a kind of herb芏 Cyperus malaccensis芑 white millet芒 mango芗 fragrant smell of grain (simp)
Historical Evolution
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)
Clerical
Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)
菅
Regular
Modern
Chinese
菅 [jiān]
(grass); Themeda forsbali
Japanese
菅 すげ 、 すが (old) 、 スゲ 同音
noun usually kana sedge (Cyperaceae spp., esp. members of genus Carex)
Example Sentences
Japanese Names
菅 かん
Kan female given namesurname
菅 かんざき
Kanzaki surname
菅 すが
Suga place namesurname
菅 すげ
Suge place namesurname
菅 ずか
Zuka surname
CHINESE WORDS (3)
草菅人命 [cǎo​jiān​rén​mìng] #39,148
to have disregard for human life (idiom)
菅原 [Jiān​yuán] #69,154
Sugawara (Japanese surname)
菅直人 [Jiān​Zhí​rén]
KAN Naoto (1946-), Japanese Democratic Party politician, prime minister from 2010
JAPANESE WORDS (13)
菅笠 [すげがさ] #73,743
sedge-woven (bamboo) hat
白菅 [しらすげ] #290,817
Carex alopecuroides var. chlorostachya (species of sedge)
丸菅 [まるすげ]
softstem bulrush (Scirpus tabernaemontani)
夕菅 [ユウスゲ]
citron daylily (Hemerocallis citrina)
寒菅 [かんすげ]
Carex morrowii
日光黄菅 [にっこうきすげ]
day lily (Hemerocallis dumortierii)
浜菅 [はますげ]
nut grass (Cyperus rotundus)
真菅 [ますげ]
sedge
綿菅 [わたすげ]
cotton grass (Eriophorum vaginatum subsp. fauriei)
菅藻 [すがも]
Phyllospadix iwatensis (species of seagrass)
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