How to write 薑

薑 (jiāng) 1. A perennial herbaceous plant. The rhizome is enlarged, irregularly shaped, and has a spicy taste. It can be used as a vegetable, a spice, and for medicinal purposes. 1. A perennial herbaceous plant. The rhizome is enlarged, irregularly shaped, and has a spicy taste. It can be used as a vegetable, a spice, and for medicinal purposes. "In 'Collecting Rhymes - Yang Rhyme': 'The ginger, as stated in the 'Shuowen': it is a vegetable used to ward off dampness.' There might be an abbreviation." "In 'The Analects - Townsfolk': 'Do not remove ginger from the food; do not eat too much.'" 2. Ginger ([En.] ginger) 1. A type of perennial herbaceous plant of the genus Zingiber (Zingiber officinale), cultivated as an annual. The fibrous roots are not well developed, the rhizome is enlarged, irregularly shaped, gray-white or yellow, with a spicy taste, can be used as a vegetable, a spice, and also for medicinal purposes. 1. "In 'Records of the Grand Historian - Treatise on Goods': 'Cypress, ginger, and cinnamon.'" 2. A type of perennial herbaceous plant of the genus Zingiber (Zingiber officinale), cultivated as an annual. The fibrous roots are not well developed, the rhizome is enlarged, irregularly shaped, gray-white or yellow, with a spicy taste, can be used as a vegetable, a spice, and also for medicinal purposes. 1. "In 'The Analects': 'Do not remove ginger from the food; do not eat too much.'"