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菅

jiān

coarse grass; Themedia forskali

🔤 Pictophonetic: 艹 (grass) provides meaning, 官 provides pronunciation

HSK 11 strokes Uncommon (53%)

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Component Breakdown

Each color represents a different component

艹

cǎo

grass, weed, plant, herb

官

guān

official, public servant

⿱艹官 i

Stroke Order

Component Tree i

cǎo

艹

grass, weed, plant, herb

📷 Pictographic: Simplified form of 艸; grass sprouting

3 strokes

guān

官

official, public servant

8 strokes HSK 5

gài

宀

roof; house

3 strokes

yǐ

㠯

according to, for, with; to use

5 strokes

jǐ

己

self, oneself; personal, private; 6th heavenly stem

📷 Pictographic: A loom woven with thread

3 strokes HSK 3

unknown

Unknown component - strokes not mapped to a known radical

2 strokes

Words Using 菅 (3)

Character

Pinyin

Definition

HSK

菅 ↗

jiān

(grass) / Themeda forsbali

jiān

菅 ↗

(grass) / Themeda forsbali

草菅人命 ↗

cǎojiānrénmìng

human life as grass (idiom); to kill people like scything grass / a politician acting with total disregard for the life of his countrymen

cǎojiānrénmìng

草菅人命 ↗

human life as grass (idiom); to kill people like scything grass / a politician acting with total disregard for the life of his countrymen

菅直人 ↗

JiānZhírén

KAN Naoto (1946-), Japanese Democratic Party politician, prime minister from 2010

JiānZhírén

菅直人 ↗

KAN Naoto (1946-), Japanese Democratic Party politician, prime minister from 2010