芴

芴 · wù

(old) vaguely; suddenly; fluorene C13H10; (old) name of an edible wild plant

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Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

Mandarin
wù
Cantonese
mat6
Definition source
CC-CEDICT · CC BY-SA 4.0

(old) vaguely; suddenly; fluorene C13H10; (old) name of an edible wild plant

Dictionary definitions & readings

芴 hū · (old) vaguely; suddenly

芴 wù · fluorene C13H10; (old) name of an edible wild plant

CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG · 2026-10-13 · CC BY-SA 4.0

Readings & dictionary references

HDZ · Mandarin readings and locators
53183.080:wù,hū Source property ↗
XHC 1983 · Mandarin readings and locators
1224.100:wù Source property ↗
TGHZ 2013 · Mandarin readings and locators
390.030:wù Source property ↗
Japanese · kana
ブツ モチ コツ コチ Source property ↗
Fanqie pairs
文弗 Source property ↗
Cangjie input code
TPHH Source property ↗
Four-corner lookup codes
4422.7 Source property ↗
Kangxi · dictionary positions
1021.030 Source property ↗
Song Ben Guang Yun · dictionary positions
475.07 Source property ↗
Grammata Serica Recensa · references
0503j Source property ↗

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+82B4
Radical
艸 · 140
Strokes
7
Residual strokes
4
Standard list
通用规范汉字表 · level 3 · #6574

Source record, not an individually reviewed etymological dossier.

Stroke order

7 strokes
芴
Strokes
7
Convention
PRC · Make Me a Hanzi

7 strokes in writing order. Play to watch them, or Step through one at a time.

Modern stroke order; regional conventions can differ. Stroke medians: Make Me a Hanzi via HanziLookupJS, drawn as an even pen line.

Words & connections

Dictionary & examples

History & distinctions

Related forms

No simplified/traditional variant assertion retained.

Historical readings

Middle Chinese
mjut · 文弗 · 臻合三入文明 · #3338

PHONO-ML, source line 17232; CC BY 4.0. Source-generated reading categories, not modern pronunciation. Attribution & limitations.

Sources & reference

Evidence

Unihan 17.0.0 · Unicode License V3 · Official-list coverage

Exact Unihan properties
kCihaiT
1127.401
kDaeJaweon
1480.010
kGSR
0503j
kHanYu
53183.080
kIRGDaeJaweon
1480.010
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
53183.080
kIRGKangXi
1021.030
kKangXi
1021.030
kMorohashi
30737:E0102
kSBGY
475.07
kCangjie
TPHH
kFourCornerCode
4422.7
kMojiJoho
MJ021600 MJ021600:E0101 MJ021601:E0102
kPhonetic
883
kUnihanCore2020
GHMT
kIRG_GSource
G0-5C4C
kIRG_HSource
HB2-CDBE
kIRG_JSource
J14-7622
kIRG_KPSource
KP1-6D29
kIRG_KSource
K2-5727
kIRG_TSource
T2-285E
kRSUnicode
140.4
kTotalStrokes
7
kBigFive
CDBE
kCCCII
227C4E
kCNS1986
2-285E
kCNS1992
2-285E
kEACC
227C4E
kGB0
6044
kGB1
6044
kJIS0213
2,86,02
kJis1
5540
kTGH
2013:6574
kXerox
321:042
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6
C+18476+140.3.4
kCantonese
mat6
kFanqie
文弗
kHanyuPinyin
53183.080:wù,hū
kJapanese
ブツ モチ コツ コチ
kJapaneseOn
BUTSU MOCHI KOTSU KOCHI
kMandarin
wù
kTGHZ2013
390.030:wù
kXHC1983
1224.100:wù

Sentences in context

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Structure & connections

0.10
2dictionary records using 芴0forms using this shape1attributed sound links
⿱ Above / below

Shape description
艹 above 勿 · the shape used in China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, North Korea
Source notation ^⿱艹勿$(GHTJKP)
BabelStone · 2025-06-27. Encoded shape and region tags; graphical analysis does not establish historical function.

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Retained descriptions & scope

^⿱艹勿$(GHTJKP)

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