韮

Information about character(s)

Radical: 韭
Radical Strokes: 9
Additional Strokes: 4
Total Strokes: 12
Variants: 韭

Cantonese: gau2
JapaneseKun: NIRA
JapaneseOn: KYOU KU
Korean: KWU

Unicode: scallion, leek

康熙字典文字版 【戌集中】【韭字部】韮
【集韻】同韭。【世說新語】庾杲之淸素自業，食惟有韮葅、𤅢韮、生韮。或戲之曰：誰謂庾郞貧，食鮭常有二十七種。○按徐氏說文註曰，韭刈之復生，異於常草，故自爲字。集韻加艸，非。