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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 菖蒲

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
菖蒲 chāng pú - Acorus calamus
- sweet sedge or sweet flag

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- - - 61,908 75,456

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
菖 chāng- see 菖蒲[chang1 pu2]
蒲 pú- surname Pu
- old place name
蒲 pú- refers to various monocotyledonous flowering plants including Acorus calamus and Typha orientalis
- common cattail
- bullrush

Other Words Containing 菖蒲

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo