苕

Information about character(s)

Radical: 艸
Radical Strokes: 6
Additional Strokes: 5
Total Strokes: 8
Variants: 䒒

Pronunciation

Pinyin: tiáo, sháo
Cantonese: tiu4
JapaneseKun: ENDOU
JapaneseOn: CHOU JOU SHOU
Korean: CHO

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: rush plant

CE-Dict: reed grass/Chinese trumpet vine (Campsis grandiflora) (old)

21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.[Botany] a creeper with orange-red flowers in autumn
2.a type of plant used to make brooms

說文解字 - Shuowen: 《艸部》苕艸也。从艸召聲。

康熙字典文字版 【申集上】【艸字部】苕
【唐韻】徒聊切【集韻】【正韻】田聊切，𠀤音迢。【詩·陳風】邛有旨苕。【疏】苕苕，饒也。幽州人謂之翹，夏生，莖如勞豆而細，葉似蒺藜而靑，其莖綠色，可生食，如小豆藿。　又【詩·小雅】《苕之華》芸其黃矣。【註】陵苕，一名䑕尾，生下濕水中，七八月中花紫，似今紫草花，可染皁，煑以沐髮卽黑。　又【爾雅·釋草】連，異翹。【註】一名連苕。　又水名。【山海經】龍首之山，苕水出焉。　又苕苕，高貌。【水經注】虎牢臨河，苕苕孤上。【張衡·西京賦】壯亭亭以苕苕。　又《詩·苕之華》，徐邈讀作時饒切，同軺。