蓼

Information about character(s)

Radical: 艸
Radical Strokes: 6
Additional Strokes: 11
Total Strokes: 14
Variants: 蓼

Pronunciation

Pinyin: liǎo, lù, lǎo, liǔ
Cantonese: liu5 luk6
JapaneseKun: TADE
JapaneseOn: RYOU RIKU
Korean: LYO

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: smartweed, polygonum

CE-Dict: luxuriant growth

21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.[Botany] knotweed

21 Century bidirectional science and technology dictionary: water pepper - 植

說文解字 - Shuowen: 《艸部》蓼辛菜，薔虞也。从艸翏聲。

康熙字典文字版 【申集上】【艸字部】蓼
【唐韻】盧鳥切【韻會】朗鳥切，𠀤音了。【說文】辛菜。【詩·周頌】予又集于蓼。【本草·釋名】蓼類性皆飛揚，故字从翏，高飛貌。　又國名。【左傳·文五年】楚子燮滅蓼。【註】蓼國，今安豐蓼縣。　又水名。【水經注】蓼水出襄山蓼谷。　又亭名。【水經注】漳水東南過蓼亭。　又姓。【潛夫論】莒蓼皆臯陶之後也。　又【集韻】魯皓切，音老。摎蓼，搜索也。【張衡·西京賦】摎蓼浶浪。　又【唐韻】力竹切，音六。【詩·小雅】蓼蓼者莪。【傳】蓼蓼，長大貌。　又【前漢·司馬相如傳註】力糾切，音鏐。糾蓼，相引也。【大人賦】糾蓼叫奡。又【通鑑】蓼侯孔臧。【史炤·釋文】蓼音六。【胡三省曰】《陸德明·經典釋文》蓼音了，未嘗有六音，史炤誤。　【玉篇】又作𦾷。【佩觿集】俗作蓼。蓼字下从𠇍作。

CF-Dict: Renouée

Han-De-Dict: Knöteriche (u.E.) (Bio)/Liao (u.E.) (Eig, Fam)