蕹

蕹 · wèng

Ipomoea aquatica used as a vegetable

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Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

Mandarin
wèng
Cantonese
ung3
Definition source
Unihan kDefinition

Ipomoea aquatica used as a vegetable

Dictionary definitions & readings

蕹 wèng · water spinach or ong choy (Ipomoea aquatica), used as a vegetable in south China and southeast Asia; Taiwan pr. yōng

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

Readings & dictionary references

HDZ · Mandarin readings and locators
53306.050:yōng,wèng Source property ↗
XHC 1983 · Mandarin readings and locators
1208.120:wèng Source property ↗
TGHZ 2013 · Mandarin readings and locators
386.150:wèng Source property ↗
SMSZD 2003 · Mandarin and Cantonese
wèng粵ung3 Source property ↗
Japanese · kana
ヨウ ユ Source property ↗
Fanqie pairs
於容 Source property ↗
Cangjie input code
TYVG Source property ↗
Four-corner lookup codes
4421.4 Source property ↗
Kangxi · dictionary positions
1059.380 Source property ↗

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+8579
Radical
艸 · 140
Strokes
16
Residual strokes
13
Standard list
通用规范汉字表 · level 3 · #7844

Source record, not an individually reviewed etymological dossier.

Stroke order

16 strokes
蕹
Strokes
16
Convention
PRC · Make Me a Hanzi

16 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
'jowng · 於容 · 通開三平鍾影 · #54

PHONO-ML, source line 530; 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
1171.307
kDaeJaweon
1523.200
kHanYu
53306.050
kIRGDaeJaweon
1523.200
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
53306.050
kIRGKangXi
1059.380
kKangXi
1059.380
kMatthews
7558
kMorohashi
32057:E0102
kSMSZD2003Index
600.06
kCangjie
TYVG
kFourCornerCode
4421.4
kMojiJoho
MJ022864 MJ022864:E0101 MJ022865:E0102
kPhonetic
1652
kUnihanCore2020
GHMT
kIICore
CT
kIRG_GSource
G0-5E33
kIRG_HSource
HB2-EE52
kIRG_JSource
J1-5953
kIRG_KPSource
KP1-6FF4
kIRG_KSource
K2-5972
kIRG_TSource
T2-5E7E
kRSUnicode
140.13
kTotalStrokes
16
kBigFive
EE52
kCCCII
23262D
kCNS1986
2-5E7E
kCNS1992
2-5E7E
kEACC
23262D
kGB0
6219
kGB1
6219
kJis1
5751
kTGH
2013:7844
kXerox
321:111
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6
C+22375+140.3.13
kCantonese
ung3
kDefinition
Ipomoea aquatica used as a vegetable
kFanqie
於容
kHanyuPinyin
53306.050:yōng,wèng
kJapanese
ヨウ ユ
kJapaneseKun
ATSUMERU
kJapaneseOn
YOU YU
kMandarin
wèng
kSMSZD2003Readings
wèng粵ung3
kTGHZ2013
386.150:wèng
kXHC1983
1208.120:wèng

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Structure & connections

0.10
3dictionary records using 蕹0forms using this shape0attributed sound links
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Shape description
艹 above 雍 · the shape used in China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, North Korea
Source notation ^⿱艹雍$(GHTJKP)
BabelStone · 2025-06-27. Encoded shape and region tags; graphical analysis does not establish historical function.

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Retained descriptions & scope

^⿱艹雍$(GHTJKP)

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