苧

苧 · níng / zhù

China grass, ramie (Boehmeria nivea)

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Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

Mandarin
níng · zhù
Cantonese
ning4
Definition source
Unihan kDefinition

China grass, ramie (Boehmeria nivea)

Dictionary definitions & readings

苧 zhù · used in 苧麻 zhù má

苧 níng · limonene; used in 薺薴 jì níng; (literary) tangled; in disarray

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Readings & dictionary references

HDZ · Mandarin readings and locators
53196.040:zhù,níng Source property ↗
XHC 1983 · Mandarin readings and locators
0835.130:níng Source property ↗
TGHZ 2013 · Mandarin readings and locators
268.080:níng Source property ↗
SMSZD 2003 · Mandarin and Cantonese
zhù粵cyu5 Source property ↗
Japanese · kana
チョ ジョ お からむし Source property ↗
Korean · Hangul
저:0N Source property ↗
Fanqie pairs
直吕 Source property ↗
Cangjie input code
TJMN Source property ↗
Four-corner lookup codes
4420.1 Source property ↗
Kangxi · dictionary positions
1024.010 Source property ↗
Song Ben Guang Yun · dictionary positions
256.33 Source property ↗

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+82E7
Radical
艸 · 140
Strokes
8
Residual strokes
5
Standard list
通用规范汉字表 · level 3 · #6660

Source record, not an individually reviewed etymological dossier.

Stroke order

9 strokes
苧
Strokes
9
Convention
PRC · Make Me a Hanzi

9 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

薴 · 苎

Unihan variant assertions; context determines usage.

Historical readings

Middle Chinese
drjoX · 直吕 · 遇開三上魚澄 · #1326

PHONO-ML, source line 9525; 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
1131.301
kCowles
599
kDaeJaweon
1483.010
kFennIndex
96.11
kHanYu
53196.040
kIRGDaeJaweon
1483.010
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
53196.040
kIRGKangXi
1024.010
kKangXi
1024.010
kMatthews
1367
kMeyerWempe
367
kMorohashi
30798:E0102
kNelson
3919
kSBGY
256.33
kSMSZD2003Index
576.01
kCangjie
TJMN
kFenn
4K
kFourCornerCode
4420.1
kHKGlyph
3417
kMojiJoho
MJ021683 MJ021683:E0101 MJ021684:E0102
kPhonetic
267
kUnihanCore2020
GHJKMPT
kIICore
AGTJHKP
kIRG_GSource
G1-5C51
kIRG_HSource
HB1-AD52
kIRG_JSource
J0-4377
kIRG_KPSource
KP0-E7B4
kIRG_KSource
K0-6E48
kIRG_TSource
T1-5335
kRSUnicode
140.5
kTotalStrokes
8
kBigFive
AD52
kCCCII
215460
kCNS1986
1-5335
kCNS1992
1-5335
kEACC
215460
kGB1
6049
kJis0
3587
kKoreanName
2015
kTGH
2013:6660
kTaiwanTelegraph
5389
kXerox
263:166
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6
C+2997+140.3.5
kCantonese
ning4
kDefinition
China grass, ramie (Boehmeria nivea)
kFanqie
直吕
kHangul
저:0N
kHanyuPinyin
53196.040:zhù,níng
kJapanese
チョ ジョ お からむし
kJapaneseKun
KARAMUSHI O
kJapaneseOn
CHO
kKorean
CE
kMandarin
níng zhù
kSMSZD2003Readings
zhù粵cyu5
kTGHZ2013
268.080:níng
kXHC1983
0835.130:níng
kSimplifiedVariant
U+82CE
kTraditionalVariant
U+85B4

Sentences in context

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Structure & connections

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

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

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Retained descriptions & scope

^⿱艹宁$(GHTJKP)

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