蒻

蒻 · ruò

rushes

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Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

Mandarin
ruò
Cantonese
joek6
Definition source
Unihan kDefinition

rushes

Dictionary definitions & readings

蒻 ruò · young rush (Typha japonica), a kind of cattail

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

Readings & dictionary references

HDZ · Mandarin readings and locators
53272.120:ruò Source property ↗
XHC 1983 · Mandarin readings and locators
0979.010:ruò Source property ↗
TGHZ 2013 · Mandarin readings and locators
318.130:ruò Source property ↗
SMSZD 2003 · Mandarin and Cantonese
ruò粵joek6 Source property ↗
Japanese · kana
ニャク ジャク ダク ニョク Source property ↗
Korean · Hangul
약:0N Source property ↗
Fanqie pairs
而灼 Source property ↗
Cangjie input code
TNMM Source property ↗
Four-corner lookup codes
4422.7 Source property ↗
Kangxi · dictionary positions
1050.120 Source property ↗
Song Ben Guang Yun · dictionary positions
502.18 Source property ↗
Grammata Serica Recensa · references
1123b Source property ↗

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+84BB
Radical
艸 · 140
Strokes
13
Residual strokes
10
Standard list
通用规范汉字表 · level 3 · #7490

Source record, not an individually reviewed etymological dossier.

Stroke order

14 strokes
蒻
Strokes
14
Convention
PRC · Make Me a Hanzi

14 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
nyak · 而灼 · 宕開三入陽日 · #3543

PHONO-ML, source line 18348; 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
1160.201
kDaeJaweon
1512.010
kGSR
1123b
kHanYu
53272.120
kIRGDaeJaweon
1512.010
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
53272.120
kIRGKangXi
1050.120
kKangXi
1050.120
kMatthews
3130
kMeyerWempe
3877j
kMorohashi
31623:E0102
kNelson
4007
kSBGY
502.18
kSMSZD2003Index
593.10
kCangjie
TNMM
kFourCornerCode
4422.7
kMojiJoho
MJ022513 MJ022513:E0101 MJ022514:E0102 MJ022515:E0103
kPhonetic
1524
kUnihanCore2020
GHJKMPT
kIICore
ATJKP
kIRG_GSource
G3-6A4D
kIRG_HSource
HB2-E3C0
kIRG_JSource
J0-686A
kIRG_KPSource
KP0-F7ED
kIRG_KSource
K0-6536
kIRG_TSource
T2-4D47
kRSUnicode
140.10
kTotalStrokes
13
kBigFive
E3C0
kCCCII
23235F
kCNS1986
2-4D47
kCNS1992
2-4D47
kEACC
23235F
kGB3
7445
kJis0
7274
kKoreanName
2015
kTGH
2013:7490
kXerox
321:103
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6
C+6419+140.3.10
kCantonese
joek6
kDefinition
rushes
kFanqie
而灼
kHangul
약:0N
kHanyuPinyin
53272.120:ruò
kJapanese
ニャク ジャク ダク ニョク
kJapaneseKun
MUSHIRO KOMAKAI
kJapaneseOn
JAKU DAKU
kKorean
YAK
kMandarin
ruò
kSMSZD2003Readings
ruò粵joek6
kTGHZ2013
318.130:ruò
kXHC1983
0979.010:ruò

Sentences in context

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Structure & connections

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

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

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Retained descriptions & scope

^⿱艹弱$(GHTJKP)

All alternatives are retained. Only the first description drives component search and graphical links. Counts describe this snapshot, not frequency. Evidence and method.