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Radical:
Radical Strokes: 6
Additional Strokes: 6
Total Strokes: 9
Variants:

Pronunciation

Pinyin: jiāo, xiào, qiào
Cantonese: gaau1
JapaneseKun: MAGUSA
JapaneseOn: KEKI KYAKU KOU KYOU GOU

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: an aquatic grass, the stalks of which are eaten as a vegetable

CE-Dict: Zizania aquatica

21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.a kind of edible aquatic grass

說文解字 - Shuowen: 《艸部》茭 乾芻。从艸交聲。一曰牛蘄艸。

康熙字典文字版 【申集上】【艸字部】 茭
〔古文〕𦺏【唐韻】古肴切【正韻】居肴切,𠀤音交。【說文】乾芻也。【書·費誓】峙乃芻茭。【註】積芻茭供軍牛馬。【韻會】草名。苽,刈取以用曰芻,乾之曰茭,故曰峙乃芻茭。【史記·河渠書】盡河壖棄地,民茭牧其中。 又【爾雅·釋草】茭,牛蘄。【疏】茭似芹菜,可食。【本草註】生水澤中。苗似鬼針,花靑白色,子黃黑色,似防風子。 又【前漢·溝洫志】搴長茭兮湛美玉。【註】竹葦絙謂之茭也,所以引置土石也。 又【集韻】下巧切,同䕧,芰根也。【爾雅·釋草】荺、茭。【註】今江東呼藕經緒如指,空中可啖者爲茇茭,卽此類。 又口敎切,音敲。【揚子·方言】茭媞,欺謾之詞。 又【集韻】吉歷切。【周禮·冬官·弓人註】茭,讀爲激發之激,謂弓檠也。
考證:〔【後漢·溝洫志】搴長茭兮湛美玉。〕 謹照原書後漢改前漢。

CF-Dict: foin/sorte de roseau

Han-De-Dict: Wildreis (u.E.) (S, Ess)/Zizania aquatica (u.E.) (S, Bio)