薅

薅 · hāo

to weed; to eradicate

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Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

Mandarin
hāo
Cantonese
hou1
Definition source
Unihan kDefinition

to weed; to eradicate

Dictionary definitions & readings

薅 hāo · to weed; to grip or clutch

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Readings & dictionary references

HDZ · Mandarin readings and locators
53309.060:hāo Source property ↗
XHC 1983 · Mandarin readings and locators
0443.080:hāo Source property ↗
TGHZ 2013 · Mandarin readings and locators
132.030:hāo Source property ↗
SMSZD 2003 · Mandarin and Cantonese
hāo粵hou1 Source property ↗
Japanese · kana
コウ くさぎる Source property ↗
Fanqie pairs
呼毛 Source property ↗
Cangjie input code
TVMI Source property ↗
Four-corner lookup codes
4444.3 Source property ↗
Kangxi · dictionary positions
1060.140 Source property ↗
Song Ben Guang Yun · dictionary positions
156.04 Source property ↗
Grammata Serica Recensa · references
1244d Source property ↗

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+8585
Radical
艸 · 140
Strokes
16
Residual strokes
13
Standard list
通用规范汉字表 · level 2 · #6055

Source record, not an individually reviewed etymological dossier.

Stroke order

16 strokes
薅
Strokes
16
Convention
PRC · Make Me a Hanzi

16 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.

Historical readings

Middle Chinese
xaw · 呼毛 · 效開一平豪曉 · #709

PHONO-ML, source line 5763; 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
1171.404
kCowles
1097
kDaeJaweon
1524.030
kFennIndex
150.02
kGSR
1244d
kHanYu
53309.060
kIRGDaeJaweon
1524.030
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
53309.060
kIRGKangXi
1060.140
kKangXi
1060.140
kMatthews
2085
kMeyerWempe
739
kMorohashi
32085:E0102
kSBGY
156.04
kSMSZD2003Index
600.12
kCangjie
TVMI
kFenn
356F
kFourCornerCode
4444.3
kMojiJoho
MJ022891 MJ022891:E0101 MJ022890:E0102
kPhonetic
1650A
kUnihanCore2020
GHMT
kIICore
CG
kIRG_GSource
G0-5E36
kIRG_HSource
HB2-EE51
kIRG_JSource
J1-5959
kIRG_KPSource
KP1-6FE7
kIRG_KSource
K2-5979
kIRG_TSource
T2-5E7D
kRSUnicode
140.13
kTotalStrokes
16
kBigFive
EE51
kCCCII
232656
kCNS1986
2-5E7D
kCNS1992
2-5E7D
kEACC
232656
kGB0
6222
kGB1
6222
kJis1
5757
kMainlandTelegraph
5632
kTGH
2013:6055
kTaiwanTelegraph
5632
kXerox
306:156
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6
C+19751+140.3.13
kCantonese
hou1
kDefinition
to weed; to eradicate
kFanqie
呼毛
kHanyuPinyin
53309.060:hāo
kJapanese
コウ くさぎる
kJapaneseKun
KUKIOTORU
kJapaneseOn
KOU
kMandarin
hāo
kSMSZD2003Readings
hāo粵hou1
kTGHZ2013
132.030:hāo
kXHC1983
0443.080:hāo
kSemanticVariant
U+8320<kMatthews

Sentences in context

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Structure & connections

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

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

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Retained descriptions & scope

^⿱艹媷$(GHTJKP)

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