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Radical:
Radical Strokes: 6
Additional Strokes: 3
Total Strokes: 6

Pronunciation

Pinyin: xiōng
Cantonese: gung1 hung1 kung4
JapaneseOn: KYUU KU
Korean: KWUNG
Vietnamese: khung

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: a kind of herb

CE-Dict: see 川芎[chuan1 xiong1]

康熙字典文字版 【申集上】【艸字部】 芎
【唐韻】去宮切【集韻】丘弓切【正韻】丘中切,𠀤音穹。芎藭,香草。【揚雄·甘泉賦】發蘭蕙與芎藭。【註】芎藭,葉似藳本。【本草註】芎,本作𦵡,或云:人頭穹窿高,天之象也。此藥上行專治頭痛諸疾,故名芎藭。古人因其根節狀如馬銜,謂之馬銜芎。後世因其狀如雀腦,謂之雀腦芎。其出關中者呼爲京芎,出蜀中者爲川芎,出天台者爲台芎,出江南者爲撫芎。【博物志】苗曰江蘺,根曰芎藭。 又【韻會】居雄切,音弓。義同。

Han-De-Dict: Chuanxiong (Med. Kraut a.d. östl. China) (u.E.) (S, Bio)