荄

荄 · gāi

roots of grasses

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Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

Mandarin
gāi
Cantonese
goi1
Definition source
Unihan kDefinition

roots of grasses

Dictionary definitions & readings

荄 gāi · roots of plant

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

Readings & dictionary references

HDZ · Mandarin readings and locators
53210.010:gāi Source property ↗
XHC 1983 · Mandarin readings and locators
0350.040:gāi Source property ↗
TGHZ 2013 · Mandarin readings and locators
105.010:gāi Source property ↗
SMSZD 2003 · Mandarin and Cantonese
gāi粵goi1 Source property ↗
Japanese · kana
カイ ね Source property ↗
Vietnamese · Quốc ngữ
gai Source property ↗
Fanqie pairs
古諧 古哀 Source property ↗
Cangjie input code
TYVO Source property ↗
Four-corner lookup codes
4480.2 Source property ↗
Kangxi · dictionary positions
1030.060 Source property ↗
Song Ben Guang Yun · dictionary positions
094.17 099.29 Source property ↗

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+8344
Radical
艸 · 140
Strokes
9
Residual strokes
6
Standard list
通用规范汉字表 · level 3 · #6789

Source record, not an individually reviewed etymological dossier.

Words & connections

Dictionary & examples

History & distinctions

Related forms

No simplified/traditional variant assertion retained.

Historical readings

Middle Chinese
keaj · 古諧 · 蟹開二平皆見 · #340
Middle Chinese
koj · 古哀 · 蟹開一平咍見 · #387

PHONO-ML, source line 3102; 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
1136.502
kDaeJaweon
1489.030
kHanYu
53210.010
kIRGDaeJaweon
1489.030
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
53210.010
kIRGKangXi
1030.060
kKangXi
1030.060
kMatthews
3190
kMeyerWempe
1209c
kMorohashi
30935:E0103
kSBGY
094.17 099.29
kSMSZD2003Index
579.10
kCangjie
TYVO
kFourCornerCode
4480.2
kMojiJoho
MJ021862 MJ021862:E0101 MJ021864:E0102 MJ021863:E0103
kPhonetic
490
kUnihanCore2020
GHMT
kIRG_GSource
G3-6875
kIRG_HSource
HB2-D375
kIRG_JSource
J14-7630
kIRG_KPSource
KP1-6DB6
kIRG_KSource
K2-5753
kIRG_TSource
T2-3239
kIRG_VSource
V1-6479
kRSUnicode
140.6
kTotalStrokes
9
kBigFive
D375
kCCCII
227D2B
kCNS1986
2-3239
kCNS1992
2-3239
kEACC
227D2B
kGB3
7285
kGB8
9431
kJIS0213
2,86,16
kJis1
5585
kMainlandTelegraph
5437
kTGH
2013:6789
kTaiwanTelegraph
5437
kXerox
306:111
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6
C+18490+140.3.6
kCantonese
goi1
kDefinition
roots of grasses
kFanqie
古諧 古哀
kHanyuPinyin
53210.010:gāi
kJapanese
カイ ね
kJapaneseKun
NE
kJapaneseOn
KAI
kMandarin
gāi
kSMSZD2003Readings
gāi粵goi1
kTGHZ2013
105.010:gāi
kVietnamese
gai
kXHC1983
0350.040:gāi

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Structure & connections

0.10
1dictionary records using 荄0forms using this shape1attributed sound links
⿱ Above / below

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

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Retained descriptions & scope

^⿱艹亥$(GHTJKPV)

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