苡

Information about character(s)

Radical: 艸
Radical Strokes: 6
Additional Strokes: 5
Total Strokes: 7
Variants: 苢

Pronunciation

Pinyin: yǐ
Cantonese: ji5
JapaneseOn: I SHI WA
Korean: I

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: barley

CE-Dict: common plantain (Plantago major)

21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.a kind of plant whose grains are used as food or medicine

康熙字典文字版 【申集上】【艸字部】苡
【唐韻】羊己切【韻會】【正韻】養里切，𠀤音以。【玉篇】芣苡，草名。　又【廣韻】薏苡，蓮實。【本草】薏苡仁，開紅白花，結實靑白色，形似珠而稍長。一名回回米，又呼西番蜀林，俗名草珠鬼。【吳越春秋】有莘氏之女，得薏苡而吞之，生禹。【後漢·馬援傳】南方薏苡實大，援軍還，載之一車，有譖之者以爲所載皆明珠。　又【集韻】象齒切，音似。義同。　又【類篇】烏禾切。婆苡、室韋，皆北狄別種名。

CF-Dict: plantain (plantago major)