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菖

chāng

iris, sweet flag, Calamus

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

HSK 11 strokes Uncommon (52%)

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Component Breakdown

Each color represents a different component

艹

cǎo

grass, weed, plant, herb

昌

chāng

sunlight; good, proper; prosperous

⿱艹昌 i

Stroke Order

Component Tree i

cǎo

艹

grass, weed, plant, herb

📷 Pictographic: Simplified form of 艸; grass sprouting

3 strokes

chāng

昌

sunlight; good, proper; prosperous

💡 Ideographic: Speaking 曰 in the daytime 日

8 strokes HSK 6

rì

日

sun; day; daytime

📷 Pictographic: The sun

4 strokes HSK 2

kǒu

口

mouth; entrance, gate, opening

📷 Pictographic: An open mouth

3 strokes HSK 3

jiōng

冂

wide

2 strokes

yī

一

one; a, an; alone

💡 Ideographic: Represents heaven (天), earth (旦), or the number 1

1 strokes HSK 1

yī

一

one; a, an; alone

💡 Ideographic: Represents heaven (天), earth (旦), or the number 1

1 strokes HSK 1

yuē

曰

to speak; to say

💡 Ideographic: Picture of an open 一 mouth 口

4 strokes

kǒu

口

mouth; entrance, gate, opening

📷 Pictographic: An open mouth

3 strokes HSK 3

jiōng

冂

wide

2 strokes

yī

一

one; a, an; alone

💡 Ideographic: Represents heaven (天), earth (旦), or the number 1

1 strokes HSK 1

yī

一

one; a, an; alone

💡 Ideographic: Represents heaven (天), earth (旦), or the number 1

1 strokes HSK 1

Words Using 菖 (3)

Character

Pinyin

Definition

HSK

水菖蒲 ↗

shuǐchāngpú

Acorus calamus / sweet sedge or sweet flag

shuǐchāngpú

水菖蒲 ↗

Acorus calamus / sweet sedge or sweet flag

Acorus calamus / sweet sedge or sweet flag

chāngpú

菖蒲 ↗

Acorus calamus / sweet sedge or sweet flag