水菖蒲 shuǐchāngpú sweet flag Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 水 shuǐ noun water water; a liquid, juice, or lotion菖蒲 chāngpú sweet sedge sweet sedge; calamus; a fragrant wetland plant used in traditional medicine and hung with 艾蒿 àihāo during the Dragon Boat Festival to ward off evil