菰 gū

Character

Manchurian wild rice (Zizania latifolia), now rare in the wild, formerly harvested for its grain, now mainly cultivated for its edible stem known as 茭白笋 (jiāo bái sǔn), which is swollen by a smut fungus

Radical: 艹
Strokes: 11
Structure: Top–bottom
Parts: 艹孤
Traditional: 菰
Frequency: #5257 most common character

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Meaning

gū

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Manchurian wild rice (Zizania latifolia), now rare in the wild, formerly harvested for its grain, now mainly cultivated for its edible stem known as 茭白笋 (jiāo bái sǔn), which is swollen by a smut fungus CC-CEDICT

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Practice writing 菰

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Words with 菰

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淡巴菰dàn bā gūtobacco (loanword) (old)Word

Same radical 艹

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