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Translingual
Han character
芦 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+4, 8 strokes in traditional Chinese and Korean, 7 strokes in mainland China and Japanese, cangjie input 廿戈尸 (TIS), composition ⿱艹户(G) or ⿱艹戶(TK) or ⿱艹戸(J))
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 1020, character 1
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 30716
- Dae Jaweon: page 1477, character 15
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3184, character 8
- Unihan data for U+82A6
Chinese
Glyph origin
Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声) : semantic 艹 (“plant”) + phonetic 户 ().
Etymology 1
For pronunciation and definitions of 芦 – see 蘆 (“reed; root of shepherd's purse; etc.”).
(This character is the simplified and variant form of 蘆). |
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Etymology 2
For pronunciation and definitions of 芦 – see 芐 (“a kind of medicinal herb; mat woven from cattails; etc.”).
(This character is a variant form of 芐). |
Japanese
Kanji
芦
(Jinmeiyō kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 蘆)
- reed
- bullrush
Readings
Korean
Hanja
芦 • (ho) (hangeul 호, revised ho, McCune–Reischauer ho, Yale ho)
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