苧

Information about character(s)

Radical: 艸
Radical Strokes: 6
Additional Strokes: 5
Total Strokes: 8
Traditional Form: 薴
Simplified Form: 苎

Pronunciation

Pinyin: zhù, níng
Cantonese: cyu5
JapaneseKun: KARAMUSHI O
JapaneseOn: CHO
Korean: CE

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: China grass, ramie (Boehmeria nivea)

CE-Dict: Boehmeria nivea/Chinese grass

康熙字典文字版 【申集上】【艸字部】苧
【唐韻】直呂切【集韻】丈呂切，𠀤音佇。草名。可爲繩。【張衡·南都賦】其草則藨苧薠莞。【王褒·僮約】多取蒲苧，益作繩索。【本草】取苧根和米粉爲餠禦饑，味甘美。　又苧蘿，山名。【吳越春秋】苧蘿山鬻薪之女曰西施、鄭旦。　又【集韻】陳如切，音除。義同。又通作紵。【詩·陳風】東門之池，可以漚紵。【註】苧同。亦作芧。
考證：〔【張衡·南都賦】其草則藨苧蘋莞。〕　謹照原文蘋莞改薠莞。

CF-Dict: ramie

Han-De-Dict: Pflanzensorte (Rohstoff für Textilindustrie) (u.E.) (S, Bio)