Calamus Pronunciation:chāng

Interpretation:

1. [Calamus (pú)] A perennial herb that grows by the water's edge and is fragrant, with a pale reddish, thick rhizome and leaves shaped like swords. The whole herb is a raw material for extracting aromatic oils, starch and fiber, and the rhizome is used as a medicinal herb.

Wikipedia Interpretation:

Calamus chāng 形声. The character from 艹 from chang, chang also sound. The meaning of the word "chang" is "people coming and going in the market, bustling with activity". The combination of "艹" and "昌" means "spices (or stomachic pills) commonly found in markets".

Basic meaning: a herb used as a popular spice. Grass Name. Short for calamus [sweet flag]. E.g. Calamus (botanical name. Also called Gladiolus, Don Calamus. Iris family, genus Don Calamus. Perennial herbs)

Example sentences:

1. Like, hanging up the moxa leaves and calamus, racing dragon boats, eating zongzi, drinking xionghuang wine, swimming in a hundred diseases, wearing a scented bag, and preparing sacrifices of sweet. Hot and lively really fun.

2. Calamus is my favorite plant, in the city in a year only see the Dragon Boat Festival, every year on the Dragon Boat Festival can not help but buy a few grow very beautiful.

3. Pick calamus leaves long, green shiny, root is also clean, white with red. Bring it home with the mugwort. Hang it by the door, there is a meaning of Dragon Boat Festival.