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Information about character(s)

Radical:
Radical Strokes: 6
Additional Strokes: 5
Total Strokes: 7

Pronunciation

Pinyin: jù, qǔ
Cantonese: geoi6
JapaneseKun: TAIMATSU CHISA CHISHA
JapaneseOn: KYO GO
Korean: KE

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: kind of lettuce

CE-Dict: lettuce, see 萵苣|莴苣

21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.[Formal] snuff
2.[Formal] a torch
3.a lettuce

說文解字 - Shuowen: 《艸部》苣 束葦燒。从艸巨聲。

康熙字典文字版 【申集上】【艸字部】 苣
【唐韻】其呂切【集韻】【正韻】臼許切,𠀤音巨。【說文】束葦燒也。今俗別作炬,非是。【後漢·皇甫規傳】束苣乗城。 又【唐書·車服志】凡天子之車五路,金鳳翅,畫苣文鳥獸。 又【玉篇】苣藤,胡麻也。【曹唐·遊仙詩】喫盡溪頭苣蕂花。 又【本草】萵苣,見萵字註。又白苣,似萵苣,葉有白毛,氣味苦寒。又苦菜,一名苦苣。【韻會】野生曰褊苣。【杜甫詩】苦苣刺如針。【註】卽野苣也。

CF-Dict: laitue