shuǐ chāng pú

水菖蒲 (shuǐ chāng pú) is a Chinese word meaning “Acorus calamus; sweet sedge or sweet flag”.

Meanings

  1. 1Acorus calamus
  2. 2sweet sedge or sweet flag

Characters in 水菖蒲

水shuǐ · water菖chāng · see 菖蒲[chang1 pu2]蒲pú · refers to various monocotyledonous flowering plants including Acorus calamus and Typha orientalis

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