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菅: sedge

sedge
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Readings

On
カン・ケン
Kun
すげ

The plant is すげ (菅笠). In surnames it is usually すが, as in 菅原. The on-yomi カン is rare.

Key words

菅笠すげがさsedge hat
菅すげsedge
浜菅はますげnut grass (a sedge)

Example sentences

On rainy days, my grandfather put on a sedge hat and went out to the fields.

Sedge grew thick and green in the damp soil by the river.

Nut grass grew sparsely on the sandy ground by the sea.

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