莪

Information about character(s)

Radical: 艸
Radical Strokes: 6
Additional Strokes: 7
Total Strokes: 10

Pronunciation

Pinyin: é
Cantonese: ngo4
JapaneseKun: KITSUNEAZA
JapaneseOn: GA
Korean: A
Vietnamese: ngò

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: artemisia

CE-Dict: zedoary (Curcuma zedoaria), plant rhizome similar to turmeric

21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.a kind of plant; the aster-southernwood

說文解字 - Shuowen: 《艸部》莪蘿莪，蒿屬。从艸我聲。

康熙字典文字版 【申集上】【艸字部】莪
【唐韻】五何切【集韻】【韻會】【正韻】牛何切，𠀤音哦。【玉篇】蘿莪，蒿屬。【詩·小雅】菁菁者莪，在彼中阿。【傳】蘿蒿也。【疏】陸璣云：生澤田漸洳之處，葉似邪蒿而細，科生三月，中莖可生食，又可蒸，香美，味頗似蔞蒿。又【小雅】蓼蓼者莪，非莪伊蒿。【爾雅翼】莪卽古之蘩。始生爲莪，長大爲蒿。

CF-Dict: zédoaire