菖 – vocab dash

Keyword

iris (flower)

iris

Strokes: 11
Grade: 9
JLPT (old): N1
Heisig: 2452

Readings

ショウ

Stroke order

Composed of

艹blades of grass 昌good and prosperous

Used in vocabulary

菖しょう蒲ぶ

sweet flag (Acorus calamus); calamus

Noun

菖蒲あやめ

iris (flower); Siberian iris (Iris sanguinea)

Noun

花はな菖しょう蒲ぶ

Japanese iris; blue flag; Iris ensata

Noun

菖しょう蒲ぶ湯ゆ

bathwater with iris leaves; sweet-flag bath

Noun

石せき菖しょう

Japanese sweet flag (Acorus gramineus)

Noun