薏
Information about character(s)
Radical: 艸Radical Strokes: 6
Additional Strokes: 13
Total Strokes: 16
Pronunciation
Pinyin: yìCantonese: ji3
JapaneseOn: YOKU OKU I
Korean: UY
Vietnamese: é
Dictionary definitions
Unicode: seed of job's tears; lotus seedCE-Dict: Job's tear plant (Coix lacryma)/erroneously called Chinese pearl barley
21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.the heart of a lotus seed
2.the seeds of Job's tears; pearl barley, used for cooking congee with rice or in herbal medicine
康熙字典文字版 【申集上】【艸字部】 薏
〔古文〕𦺳【唐韻】於力切,音億。【爾雅·釋草】荷,芙蕖。其中的,的中薏。【疏】薏,中心也。 又苡薏。詳苡字註。 又【玉篇】乙吏切,音意。義同。 又【韻會】薏茨,草名。
CF-Dict: coïx (larmes de Job)
Han-De-Dict: Coix lacryma-jobi (u.E.) (S, Bio)/Hiobsträne (tropische Getreidepflanze) (u.E.) (S, Bio)