茯

Information about character(s)

Radical: 艸
Radical Strokes: 6
Additional Strokes: 6
Total Strokes: 9

Pronunciation

Pinyin: fú
Cantonese: fuk6
JapaneseOn: FUKU BUKU
Korean: POK

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: china root; medicinal fungus

CE-Dict: Pachyma cocos/china root

21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.tuckahoe

康熙字典文字版 【申集上】【艸字部】茯
【唐韻】房六切，音伏。茯苓。【博物志】松柏脂入地千年化爲茯苓，茯苓化爲琥珀。今泰山出茯苓而無琥珀，益州永昌出琥珀而無茯苓。【本草】多年樵斫之松，根之氣味抑鬱未絕，精英未淪，其精氣盛者，發泄於外，結爲茯苓，故不抱根，離其本體，有零之義也。精氣不盛，止爲附結本根，旣不離本，故曰茯神。

CF-Dict: champignon pachyma cocos, truffe chinoise