蕕
Information about character(s)
Radical: 艸Radical Strokes: 6
Additional Strokes: 12
Total Strokes: 15
Simplified Form: 莸
Pronunciation
Pinyin: yóuCantonese: jau4
JapaneseKun: KARIGANESO KUSAMI
JapaneseOn: YUU
Korean: YU
Dictionary definitions
Unicode: caryopteris divaricataCE-Dict: Caryopteris divaricata
21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.a water plant with a foul smell that lasts very long -- usually used figuratively to indicate an evil person
湘雅醫學專業詞典: one flowered bluebeard herb
說文解字 - Shuowen: 《艸部》蕕 水邊艸也。从艸猶聲。
康熙字典文字版 【申集上】【艸字部】 蕕
【唐韻】以周切,音猶。【說文】水邊草也。卽《爾雅》𦳷,蔓于。 又臭草。【本草註】其氣𤸈臭,故謂之蕕。蕕者,𤸈也,朽木臭也。【左傳·僖四年】一薰一蕕。 又地名。【晉書·慕容㒞載記】劉寧屯據蕕城,降於苻氏。 又【類篇】以九切,音酉。義同。 【集韻】同𦽈。