菫

すみれ

Also written スミレ

Meanings

1. Noun violet (any flower of genus Viola, esp. the Fuji dawn, Viola mandshurica)

Kanji

• 菫 the violet. Read as すみれ.

Example sentences

• これはスミレの一種です。
  This is a variety of violet.
• スミレだよ。
  It's a violet.

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