蕉

Information about character(s)

Radical: 艸
Radical Strokes: 6
Additional Strokes: 12
Total Strokes: 15

Pronunciation

Pinyin: jiāo, qiáo, qiāo
Cantonese: ziu1
JapaneseKun: KIASA KOGERU
JapaneseOn: SHOU
Korean: CHO
Vietnamese: tiêu

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: banana; plantain

CE-Dict: banana

21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.the banana
2.the plantain

說文解字 - Shuowen: 《艸部》蕉生枲也。从艸焦聲。

康熙字典文字版 【申集上】【艸字部】蕉
【唐韻】卽消切【韻會】兹消切，𠀤音焦。【玉篇】芭蕉。【南方草木狀】甘蕉，一名芭蕉，或曰芭苴。莖解散如絲，可紡績，爲絺綌，名蕉葛。　又通焦。【博雅】蕉，黑也。　又【集韻】慈焦切，音樵。草芥也。【莊子·人閒世】死者以國量乎澤若蕉。　又【字彙補】薪也。【列子·周穆王篇】覆之以蕉。　又【正韻】通顦。【左傳·成九年】雖有姬姜，無棄蕉萃。

CF-Dict: palmier, bananier

Han-De-Dict: Banane (u.E.) (S)