荛

荛 · ráo

fuel, firewood; stubble; Wikstroemia japonica

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Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

Mandarin
ráo
Cantonese
jiu4
Definition source
Unihan kDefinition

fuel, firewood; stubble; Wikstroemia japonica

Dictionary definitions & readings

荛 ráo · fuel; grass

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Readings & dictionary references

XHC 1983 · Mandarin readings and locators
0956.010:ráo Source property ↗
TGHZ 2013 · Mandarin readings and locators
313.030:ráo Source property ↗
Cangjie input code
XTJPU Source property ↗
Four-corner lookup codes
4421 Source property ↗
Kangxi · dictionary positions
1031.381 Source property ↗

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+835B
Radical
艸 · 140
Strokes
9
Residual strokes
6
Standard list
通用规范汉字表 · level 3 · #6786

Source record, not an individually reviewed etymological dossier.

Stroke order

9 strokes
荛
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

蕘

Unihan variant assertions; context determines usage.

Sources & reference

Evidence

Unihan 17.0.0 · Unicode License V3 · Official-list coverage

Exact Unihan properties
kHanYu
53202.090
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
53202.090
kIRGKangXi
1031.381
kKangXi
1031.381
kSMSZD2003Index
581.11
kCangjie
XTJPU
kFourCornerCode
4421
kPhonetic
1598*
kUnihanCore2020
G
kIRG_GSource
G0-5C69
kRSUnicode
140.6
kTotalStrokes
9
kCCCII
29254B
kEACC
29254B
kGB0
6073
kMainlandTelegraph
5609
kTGH
2013:6786
kCantonese
jiu4
kDefinition
fuel, firewood; stubble; Wikstroemia japonica
kMandarin
ráo
kTGHZ2013
313.030:ráo
kXHC1983
0956.010:ráo
kTraditionalVariant
U+8558

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Structure & connections

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

Shape description
艹 above 尧 · the shape used in China
Source notation ^⿱艹尧$(G)
BabelStone · 2025-06-27. Encoded shape and region tags; graphical analysis does not establish historical function.

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Retained descriptions & scope

^⿱艹尧$(G)

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