| 水菖蒲 |
shuǐ chāng pú |
Acorus calamus / sweet sedge or sweet flag |
| 水 |
Shuǐ |
surname Shui |
| 水 |
shuǐ |
water / (after a name) ... River / to swim (used mostly in 会水 and 水性) / (coll.) lacking in substance; shoddy / (bound form) additional cost; extra income / classifier for washings of a garment |
| 菖 |
chāng |
see 菖蒲 |
| 菖蒲 |
chāng pú |
Acorus calamus / sweet sedge or sweet flag |
| 蒲 |
Pú |
surname Pu / old place name |
| 蒲 |
pú |
refers to various monocotyledonous flowering plants including Acorus calamus and Typha orientalis / common cattail / bullrush |