萊

Information about character(s)

Radical: 艸
Radical Strokes: 6
Additional Strokes: 8
Total Strokes: 11
Simplified Form: 莱

Pronunciation

Pinyin: lái
Cantonese: loi4
JapaneseKun: AKAZA AWACHI KOUGAI
JapaneseOn: RAI RI
Korean: LAY
Vietnamese: lai

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: goosefoot, weed; fallow field

CE-Dict: name of weed plant (fat hen, goosefoot, pigweed etc)/Chenopodium album

21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.fields lying fallow
2.wild weeds
3.to weed

說文解字 - Shuowen: 《艸部》萊蔓華也。从艸來聲。

康熙字典文字版 【申集上】【艸字部】萊
【唐韻】洛哀切【正韻】郞才切，𠀤音來。【說文】蔓華也。【玉篇】藜草也。【詩·小雅】北山有萊。【疏】萊，草名。其葉可食。　又【周禮·地官·縣師】辨其夫家人民田萊之數。【註】萊，休不耕者。郊內謂之易，郊外謂之萊。　又【周禮·地官·山虞】若大田獵，則萊山田之野。【註】萊，除其草萊也。【詩·小雅】田卒汙萊。【註】萊，草穢。　又地名。【書·禹貢】萊夷作牧。【齊語】通齊國之魚鹽于東萊。【註】東萊，齊東萊夷也。　又山名。【山海經】萊山，其木多檀楮。　又姓。【孟子】苦伊尹、萊朱。【趙岐註】萊朱，湯賢臣仲虺是也。【左傳·文二年】萊駒爲右。　又【韻補】音黎。【郭璞·遊仙詩】朱門何足榮，未若託蓬萊。臨泉揖淸波，陵岡掇丹荑。　又【廣韻】落代切，音賴。義同。　【爾雅】作釐。

CF-Dict: jachère

Han-De-Dict: Weißer Gänsefuß (u.E.)/Lai (u.E.) (Eig, Fam)