葭

Information about character(s)

Radical: 艸
Radical Strokes: 6
Additional Strokes: 9
Total Strokes: 12

Pronunciation

Pinyin: jiā, xiá
Cantonese: gaa1
JapaneseKun: ASHI
JapaneseOn: KA
Korean: KA

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: bulrush, reed; flute, whistle

CE-Dict: reed/Phragmites communis

21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.a reed; a bulrush
2.a flute

說文解字 - Shuowen: 《艸部》葭葦之未秀者。从艸叚聲。

康熙字典文字版 【申集上】【艸字部】葭
【唐韻】古牙切，音嘉。【說文】葦之未秀者。【廣韻】蘆也。【爾雅·釋草】葭，華。【註】卽今蘆也。【詩·召南】彼茁者葭。　又葭莩，見莩字註。　又笛也。【謝靈運詩】鳴葭戾朱宮。【註】鳴笛引路也。　又水名。【漢書註】葭水在廣平南和。　又通茄。【文𨕖註】杜摯《葭賦》。葭今作茄。　又【集韻】何加切，音遐。芙渠葉。本作蕸，或省。　又【唐韻古音】讀姑。【司馬相如·子虛賦】藏莨蒹葭，東蘠彫胡。　又【毛詩古音攷】音蓑。【張衡·西京賦】齊栧女，縱棹歌。發引和，校鳴葭。

CF-Dict: roseau

Han-De-Dict: Ried, Rippung (Profil aus mehreren parallelen Holzstäben) (u.E.) (S)