蘗

Information about character(s)

Radical: 艸
Radical Strokes: 6
Additional Strokes: 17
Total Strokes: 20
Variants: 檘

Pronunciation

Pinyin: bò, bì
Cantonese: jit6 paak3
JapaneseKun: KIWADA
JapaneseOn: HAKU BYAKU
Korean: PYEK

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: stump, sprout

CE-Dict: shoots from an old stump

康熙字典文字版 【申集上】【艸字部】蘗
【集韻】博厄切，音擘。【唐韻】俗檗字。【說文】黃木也。或从薛。【本草】李時珍曰：蘗，木名。義未詳。俗作黃柏者，省寫之譌也。【鮑昭·行路難】剉蘗染黃絲，黃絲歷亂不可治。　又與薛通。詳薜字註。