茯
Information about character(s)
Radical: 艸Radical Strokes: 6
Additional Strokes: 6
Total Strokes: 9
Pronunciation
Pinyin: fúCantonese: fuk6
JapaneseOn: FUKU BUKU
Korean: POK
Dictionary definitions
Unicode: china root; medicinal fungusCE-Dict: Pachyma cocos/china root
21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.tuckahoe
康熙字典文字版 【申集上】【艸字部】 茯
【唐韻】房六切,音伏。茯苓。【博物志】松柏脂入地千年化爲茯苓,茯苓化爲琥珀。今泰山出茯苓而無琥珀,益州永昌出琥珀而無茯苓。【本草】多年樵斫之松,根之氣味抑鬱未絕,精英未淪,其精氣盛者,發泄於外,結爲茯苓,故不抱根,離其本體,有零之義也。精氣不盛,止爲附結本根,旣不離本,故曰茯神。
CF-Dict: champignon pachyma cocos, truffe chinoise