菠

Information about character(s)

Radical: 艸
Radical Strokes: 6
Additional Strokes: 8
Total Strokes: 11

Pronunciation

Pinyin: bō
Cantonese: bo1
JapaneseKun: KARANA
JapaneseOn: HA
Korean: PHA

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: spinach and similar greens

CE-Dict: spinach

21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.spinach

康熙字典文字版 【申集上】【艸字部】菠
【集韻】逋禾切，音皤。【玉篇】菠薐，菜名。【本草註】《劉禹錫·嘉話錄》云：菠薐，種自西國，有僧將其子來，云是頗陵國之種，語訛爲菠薐耳。李時珍曰：按《唐會要》云：太宗時尼波維國獻菠薐菜，類紅藍，卽此也。

CF-Dict: chou