莠

Information about character(s)

Radical: 艸
Radical Strokes: 6
Additional Strokes: 7
Total Strokes: 10

Pronunciation

Pinyin: yǒu, xiù
Cantonese: jau5
JapaneseKun: HAGUSA MINIKUI
JapaneseOn: YUU SHUU
Korean: YU

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: weeds, tares; undesirable, evil

CE-Dict: Setaria viridis/vicious

21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.green bristlegrass
2.bad people
3.a type of weed

朗道漢英字典 - Lang Dao: bad people; weed

懶蟲簡明漢英詞典: bad people; weeds

說文解字 - Shuowen: 《艸部》莠禾粟下生莠。从艸秀聲。讀若酉。

康熙字典文字版 【申集上】【艸字部】莠
【唐韻】與九切【韻會】以九切【正韻】云九切，𠀤讀若酉。【詩·齊風】無田甫田，維莠驕驕。【孟子】惡莠恐其亂苗也。【趙註】莠之莖葉似苗。【魯語】馬餼不過稂莠。【註】莠草似稷而無實。　又【詩·小雅】莠言自口。【傳】莠，醜也。　又地名。【水經注】汳水又東逕莠倉城。　又【集韻】息救切，音秀。【類篇】荼也。

CF-Dict: vicieux/setaria viridis

Han-De-Dict: lasterhaft (u.E.)