薷

薷 · rú

Elshotria paltrini

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Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

Mandarin
rú
Cantonese
jyu4
Definition source
Unihan kDefinition

Elshotria paltrini

Dictionary definitions & readings

薷 rú · used in 香薷 xiāng rú

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

Readings & dictionary references

HDZ · Mandarin readings and locators
53312.020:rú Source property ↗
XHC 1983 · Mandarin readings and locators
0971.030:rú Source property ↗
TGHZ 2013 · Mandarin readings and locators
316.150:rú Source property ↗
SMSZD 2003 · Mandarin and Cantonese
rú粵jyu4 Source property ↗
Japanese · kana
ジュ ニュ ジュウ Source property ↗
Vietnamese · Quốc ngữ
nho Source property ↗
Fanqie pairs
人朱 Source property ↗
Cangjie input code
TMBB Source property ↗
Four-corner lookup codes
4422.7 Source property ↗
Kangxi · dictionary positions
1063.020 Source property ↗

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+85B7
Radical
艸 · 140
Strokes
17
Residual strokes
14
Standard list
通用规范汉字表 · level 2 · #6208

Source record, not an individually reviewed etymological dossier.

Stroke order

17 strokes
薷
Strokes
17
Convention
PRC · Make Me a Hanzi

17 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
nyu · 人朱 · 遇合三平虞日 · #256

PHONO-ML, source line 2243; 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
1174.404
kDaeJaweon
1527.310
kHanYu
53312.020
kIRGDaeJaweon
1527.310
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
53312.020
kIRGKangXi
1063.020
kKangXi
1063.020
kMorohashi
32202:E0102
kSMSZD2003Index
602.16
kCangjie
TMBB
kFourCornerCode
4422.7
kMojiJoho
MJ023000 MJ023000:E0101 MJ023001:E0102
kPhonetic
1250
kUnihanCore2020
GHMT
kIRG_GSource
G0-5E38
kIRG_HSource
HB2-F0B8
kIRG_JSource
J14-7723
kIRG_KPSource
KP1-7028
kIRG_KSource
K2-5A36
kIRG_TSource
T2-6324
kIRG_VSource
V1-655E
kRSUnicode
140.14
kTotalStrokes
17
kBigFive
F0B8
kCCCII
23266B
kCNS1986
2-6324
kCNS1992
2-6324
kEACC
23266B
kGB0
6224
kGB1
6224
kJIS0213
2,87,03
kJis1
5773
kTGH
2013:6208
kXerox
321:113
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6
C+15074+140.3.14
kCantonese
jyu4
kDefinition
Elshotria paltrini
kFanqie
人朱
kHanyuPinyin
53312.020:rú
kJapanese
ジュ ニュ ジュウ
kJapaneseKun
KIKURAGE
kJapaneseOn
JU NYU JUU
kMandarin
rú
kSMSZD2003Readings
rú粵jyu4
kTGHZ2013
316.150:rú
kVietnamese
nho
kXHC1983
0971.030:rú

Sentences in context

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Structure & connections

0.10
2dictionary records using 薷0forms using this shape0attributed sound links
⿱ Above / below

Shape description
艹 above 需 · the same shape in all seven regional standards (China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, North Korea, Vietnam)
Source notation ^⿱艹需$(GHTJKPV)
BabelStone · 2025-06-27. Encoded shape and region tags; graphical analysis does not establish historical function.

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Retained descriptions & scope

^⿱艹需$(GHTJKPV)

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