藁

藁 · gǎo

straw, hay; dry, withered

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Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

Mandarin
gǎo
Cantonese
gou2
Definition source
Unihan kDefinition

straw, hay; dry, withered

Dictionary definitions & readings

藁 gǎo · variant of 槁 gǎo

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

Readings & dictionary references

HDZ · Mandarin readings and locators
53315.050:gǎo Source property ↗
XHC 1983 · Mandarin readings and locators
0367.080:gǎo Source property ↗
TGHZ 2013 · Mandarin readings and locators
109.090:gǎo Source property ↗
SMSZD 2003 · Mandarin and Cantonese
gǎo粵gou2 Source property ↗
Japanese · kana
コウ わら Source property ↗
Korean · Hangul
고:0N Source property ↗
Cangjie input code
TYRD Source property ↗
Four-corner lookup codes
4490.4 Source property ↗
Kangxi · dictionary positions
1063.220 Source property ↗
Song Ben Guang Yun · dictionary positions
303.01 Source property ↗
Grammata Serica Recensa · references
1129g Source property ↗

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+85C1
Radical
艸 · 140
Strokes
17
Residual strokes
14
Standard list
通用规范汉字表 · level 2 · #6211

Source record, not an individually reviewed etymological dossier.

Stroke order

17 strokes
藁
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.

Sources & reference

Evidence

Unihan 17.0.0 · Unicode License V3 · Official-list coverage

Exact Unihan properties
kDaeJaweon
1528.120
kGSR
1129g
kHanYu
53315.050
kIRGDaeJaweon
1528.120
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
53315.050
kIRGKangXi
1063.220
kKangXi
1063.220
kMatthews
3297
kMeyerWempe
1202f
kMorohashi
32222:E0102
kNelson
4083
kSBGY
303.01
kSMSZD2003Index
603.03 337.08
kCangjie
TYRD
kFourCornerCode
4490.4
kMojiJoho
MJ023018 MJ023018:E0101 MJ023019:E0102
kPhonetic
637 637A
kUnihanCore2020
GHJKP
kIICore
AGJKP
kIRG_GSource
G0-5E3B
kIRG_HSource
H-8FA3
kIRG_JSource
J0-4F4E
kIRG_KPSource
KP0-CFF5
kIRG_KSource
K0-4D4B
kIRG_TSource
T3-586F
kRSUnicode
140.14
kTotalStrokes
17
kCCCII
23265D
kCNS1986
E-586F
kCNS1992
3-586F
kEACC
23265D
kGB0
6227
kGB1
6227
kJinmeiyoKanji
2010
kJis0
4746
kKoreanName
2015
kMainlandTelegraph
5664
kTGH
2013:6211
kTaiwanTelegraph
5664
kXerox
270:167
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6
C+4084+140.3.14
kCantonese
gou2
kDefinition
straw, hay; dry, withered
kHangul
고:0N
kHanyuPinyin
53315.050:gǎo
kJapanese
コウ わら
kJapaneseKun
WARA
kJapaneseOn
KOU
kKorean
KO
kMandarin
gǎo
kSMSZD2003Readings
gǎo粵gou2
kTGHZ2013
109.090:gǎo
kTang
gɑ̌u
kXHC1983
0367.080:gǎo

Sentences in context

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Structure & connections

0.10
6dictionary records using 藁0forms using this shape1attributed sound links
⿱ Above / below

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

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Retained descriptions & scope

^⿱艹槀$(GHTJKP)

^⿱蒿木$(X)

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