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Meaning of 菅

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Pinyin: jiān
English Definition: (grass); Themeda forsbali
Chinese Definition:
①多年生草本植物,多生于山坡草地。很坚韧,可做炊帚、刷子等。杆、叶可作造纸原料:草菅人命。
Total strokes: 11; Radical:
Pictophonetic: indicates the sound; (grass) conveys the meaning.
Character Formation:
  • Above to below
    • [ cǎo ] grass, weed, plant, herb
    • [ guān ] official, public servant
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Example Words
草菅人命 cǎo jiān rén mìng to have disregard for human life (idiom)
菅直人 jiān zhí rén KAN Naoto (1946-), Japanese Democratic Party politician, prime minister 2010-2011
菅原 jiān yuán Sugawara (Japanese surname)
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Example Sentences
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Financial crisis made many petty bourgeois become grass roots.
2
Nobuko Kan is famous in Japan for her elegant kimonos and a sharp tongue.
3
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The prime minister's wife Nobuko Kan, 65, who is renowned for pulling few punches , admitted that she is not the kind of person who supports her husband through encouragement.
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These and other domestic insights are revealed in a new book by the woman Kan has called his "opposition in the home", entitled What on Earth will change in Japan after you become prime minister?
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Mr Kan' s wife (his first cousin) is also well-regarded, mainly for her straight-talking manner and no-nonsense influence on Mr Kan.