莝

莝 · cuò

to chop straw fine for animals

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Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

Mandarin
cuò
Cantonese
co3
Definition source
Unihan kDefinition

to chop straw fine for animals

Dictionary definitions & readings

莝 cuò · to chop straw fine for animals

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Readings & dictionary references

HDZ · Mandarin readings and locators
53222.030:cuò Source property ↗
XHC 1983 · Mandarin readings and locators
0186.080:cuò Source property ↗
TGHZ 2013 · Mandarin readings and locators
060.030:cuò Source property ↗
SMSZD 2003 · Mandarin and Cantonese
cuò粵co3 Source property ↗
Japanese · kana
サ ザ きりわら Source property ↗
Korean · Hangul
좌:1N Source property ↗
Fanqie pairs
麤卧 Source property ↗
Cangjie input code
TOOG Source property ↗
Four-corner lookup codes
4410.4 Source property ↗
Kangxi · dictionary positions
1034.190 Source property ↗
Song Ben Guang Yun · dictionary positions
420.39 Source property ↗

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+839D
Radical
艸 · 140
Strokes
10
Residual strokes
7
Standard list
通用规范汉字表 · level 3 · #6954

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
tshwaH · 麤卧 · 果合一去戈清 · #2841

PHONO-ML, source line 15366; 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
1140.604
kDaeJaweon
1493.220
kHanYu
53222.030
kIRGDaeJaweon
1493.220
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
53222.030
kIRGKangXi
1034.190
kKangXi
1034.190
kMatthews
6797
kMorohashi
31062:E0102
kSBGY
420.39
kSMSZD2003Index
583.05
kCangjie
TOOG
kFourCornerCode
4410.4
kMojiJoho
MJ022009 MJ022009:E0101 MJ022010:E0102
kPhonetic
236
kUnihanCore2020
GHMT
kIRG_GSource
G3-692E
kIRG_HSource
HB2-D76B
kIRG_JSource
J14-763A
kIRG_KPSource
KP1-6DF7
kIRG_KSource
K1-6D48
kIRG_TSource
T2-386F
kRSUnicode
140.7
kTotalStrokes
10
kBigFive
D76B
kCCCII
227E2D
kCNS1986
2-386F
kCNS1992
2-386F
kGB3
7314
kJIS0213
2,86,26
kJis1
5615
kKoreanName
2015
kTGH
2013:6954
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6
C+18498+140.3.7
kCantonese
co3
kDefinition
to chop straw fine for animals
kFanqie
麤卧
kHangul
좌:1N
kHanyuPinyin
53222.030:cuò
kJapanese
サ ザ きりわら
kJapaneseKun
KIRIWARA
kJapaneseOn
SA
kKorean
CWA
kMandarin
cuò
kSMSZD2003Readings
cuò粵co3
kTGHZ2013
060.030:cuò
kXHC1983
0186.080:cuò

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Structure & connections

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

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

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Retained descriptions & scope

^⿱艹坐$(GHTJKP)

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