Chinese

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a kind of wild ginger peppermint; to carry burden; lotus
trad. (蘘荷)
simp. #(蘘荷)
 
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Noun

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蘘荷

  1. myoga

Japanese

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Kanji in this term
Hyōgaiji
(ateji)

Grade: 3
(ateji)
irregular goon
For pronunciation and definitions of 蘘荷 – see the following entry.
茗荷みょうが
[noun] myoga or Japanese ginger (Zingiber mioga), of which only the shoots and flower buds are used in cooking
[noun] a dimwit, an idiot, a stupid person (from a folk belief that excess consumption of myoga causes forgetfulness)
[noun] a kind of 家紋 (kamon, family crest)
Alternative spelling
ミョウガ
茗荷めが
[noun] (obsolete) myoga or Japanese ginger (Zingiber mioga)
(This term, 蘘荷, is an alternative spelling (rare) of the above term.)

Korean

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Hanja in this term

Noun

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蘘荷 (yangha) (hangeul 양하)

  1. Hanja form? of 양하 (myoga).