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菖

chāng

Character

What 菖 means

1. see {菖蒲|chāng pú}

Words starting with 菖

• 菖蒲chāng púAcorus calamus; sweet sedge or sweet flag

Words containing 菖

• 水菖蒲shuǐ chāng púAcorus calamus; sweet sedge or sweet flag

Characters built on 昌

These share the phonetic component 昌 (chāng), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 倡chàngto initiate; to instigate; to introduce
• 唱chàngto sing; to call loudly; to chant
• 猖chāngferocious
• 娼chāngprostitute
• 鲳chāngsee 鲳鱼
• 阊chānggate of heaven; gate of palace

Characters that look like 菖

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 富fùrich; abundant; wealthy
• 菌jūngerm; bacteria; fungus
• 葛gékudzu (Pueraria lobata); hemp cloth
• 葱cōngscallion; green onion
• 菊jú(bound form) chrysanthemum
• 菩púused in 菩萨; used in 菩提

Sounds the same

Read chāng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 昌(bound form) prosperous; flourishing
• 娼prostitute
• 猖ferocious
• 阊gate of heaven; gate of palace
• 伥(bound form) ghost of sb devoured by a tiger who helps the tiger devour others
• 锠metal utensil; mounting; fitting
• 鼚sound of drum
• 鲳see 鲳鱼