菰

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See also: 苽
菰 U+83F0, 菰
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-83F0
← 華
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 菱 →

Translingual

Han character

菰 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+8, 14 strokes, cangjie input 廿弓木人 (TNDO), four-corner 44432, composition ⿱艹孤)

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1039, character 18
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 31217
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1498, character 1
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3242, character 3
  • Unihan data for U+83F0

Chinese

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (瓜) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
瓜 *kʷraː
坬 *kʷraːs
窊 *qʷraː, *qʷraːs
畖 *qʷraː
搲 *qʷraːs
攨 *qʷraːs
孤 *kʷaː
苽 *kʷaː
胍 *kʷaː
泒 *kʷaː
呱 *kʷaː
觚 *kʷaː
柧 *kʷaː
罛 *kʷaː
軱 *kʷaː
菰 *kʷaː
箛 *kʷaː
狐 *ɡʷaː
弧 *ɡʷlaː

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *kʷaː) : semantic 艸 (“grass; plant”) + phonetic 孤 (OC *kʷaː).

Etymology 1

trad. 菰
simp. # 菰
alternative forms 苽
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Pronunciation

Rime
Character 菰
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 見 (28)
Final (韻) 模 (23)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) I
Fanqie 古胡切
Baxter ku
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/kuo/
Pan
Wuyun 		/kuo/
Shao
Rongfen 		/ko/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/kɔ/
Li
Rong 		/ko/
Wang
Li 		/ku/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/kuo/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		gū
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		gu1
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 菰
Reading # 1/1
No. 4356
Phonetic
component 		瓜
Rime
group 		魚
Rime
subdivision 		0
Corresponding
MC rime 		孤
Old
Chinese 		/*kʷaː/
Notes 同苽見大招

Definitions

菰

  1. Manchurian wild rice (Zizania latifolia)

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 菰 – see 菇 (“mushroom”).
(This character is a variant form of 菇).

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

菰

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

  • On (unclassified): こ (ko)
  • Kun: こも (komo, 菰)、まこも (makomo, 菰)

Korean

Hanja

菰 • (go) (hangeul 고, revised go, McCune–Reischauer ko, Yale ko)

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Vietnamese

Han character

菰: Hán Nôm readings: cô

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