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菖蒲
chāng​pú

sweet sedge

Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents
菖蒲 chāng​pú
sweet sedge
sweet sedge; calamus; a fragrant wetland plant used in traditional medicine and hung with 艾蒿 ài​hāo during the Dragon Boat Festival to ward off evil

Frequency

Written text
0.355 per million

Cross-References

Same as

  • 白菖 bái​chāng

Referenced by

  • 菖 chāng
  • 蒲 pú
  • 蒲节 pú​jié

Sources

Frequency data
BCC Corpus (BLCU)
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