菰(gū): Manchurian wild rice (Zizania latifolia), now rare in the wild…
11 strokes
Manchurian wild rice (Zizania latifolia), now rare in the wild…
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Character information
- Pinyin
- gū
- Meaning
- Manchurian wild rice (Zizania latifolia), now rare in the wild, formerly harvested for its grain, now mainly cultivated for its edible stem known as 茭白笋, which is swollen by a smut fungus; variant of 菇[gu1]
- Strokes
- 11
- HSK level
- —
- Traditional
- Same
Origin & structure
Where 菰 comes from and how its parts fit together.
How to write 菰 step by step
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