薏

Information about character(s)

Radical: 艸
Radical Strokes: 6
Additional Strokes: 13
Total Strokes: 16

Pronunciation

Pinyin: yì
Cantonese: ji3
JapaneseOn: YOKU OKU I
Korean: UY
Vietnamese: é

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: seed of job's tears; lotus seed

CE-Dict: Job's tear plant (Coix lacryma)/erroneously called Chinese pearl barley

21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.the heart of a lotus seed
2.the seeds of Job's tears; pearl barley, used for cooking congee with rice or in herbal medicine

康熙字典文字版 【申集上】【艸字部】薏
〔古文〕𦺳【唐韻】於力切，音億。【爾雅·釋草】荷，芙蕖。其中的，的中薏。【疏】薏，中心也。　又苡薏。詳苡字註。　又【玉篇】乙吏切，音意。義同。　又【韻會】薏茨，草名。

CF-Dict: coïx (larmes de Job)

Han-De-Dict: Coix lacryma-jobi (u.E.) (S, Bio)/Hiobsträne (tropische Getreidepflanze) (u.E.) (S, Bio)