粽

Information about character(s)

Radical: 米
Radical Strokes: 6
Additional Strokes: 8
Total Strokes: 14
Variants: 糉糭

Pronunciation

Pinyin: zòng
Cantonese: zung2 zung3
JapaneseKun: CHIMAKI
JapaneseOn: SOU
Korean: CONG

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: dumpling made of glutinous rice

CE-Dict: rice dumplings wrapped in leaves

21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.glutinous rice tamale

康熙字典文字版 【未集上】【米字部】粽
【廣韻】【集韻】【正韻】𠀤作弄切，宗去聲。角黍也。同糉。　又草名。【廣東新語】五月朔至五日，以粽心草繫黍，卷以柊葉，以象隂陽包裹，浴女蘭湯，飮菖蒲雄黃醴，以辟不祥。