薸

薸 · piáo

duckweed

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Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

Mandarin
piáo
Cantonese
piu1
Definition source
Unihan kDefinition

duckweed

Dictionary definitions & readings

薸 piāo · duckweed

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

Readings & dictionary references

HDZ · Mandarin readings and locators
53316.030:piáo Source property ↗
XHC 1983 · Mandarin readings and locators
0874.070:piáo Source property ↗
TGHZ 2013 · Mandarin readings and locators
283.160:piáo Source property ↗
SMSZD 2003 · Mandarin and Cantonese
piāo,piáo粵piu1,piu4 Source property ↗
Japanese · kana
ヒョウ ビョウ Source property ↗
Fanqie pairs
符霄 Source property ↗
Cangjie input code
TEMF Source property ↗
Four-corner lookup codes
4419.1 Source property ↗
Kangxi · dictionary positions
1063.030 Source property ↗
Song Ben Guang Yun · dictionary positions
150.02 Source property ↗

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+85B8
Radical
艸 · 140
Strokes
17
Residual strokes
14
Standard list
通用规范汉字表 · level 3 · #7924

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
bjiew · 符霄 · 效開三平宵並 · #673

PHONO-ML, source line 5467; 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
1174.405
kDaeJaweon
1527.320
kHanYu
53316.030
kIRGDaeJaweon
1527.320
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
53316.030
kIRGKangXi
1063.030
kKangXi
1063.030
kMatthews
5197
kMeyerWempe
2402a
kMorohashi
32203:E0102
kSBGY
150.02
kSMSZD2003Index
602.17
kCangjie
TEMF
kFourCornerCode
4419.1
kMojiJoho
MJ023002 MJ023002:E0101 MJ023003:E0102
kPhonetic
1066A
kUnihanCore2020
GHMT
kIRG_GSource
G3-6B3F
kIRG_HSource
HB2-F0B7
kIRG_JSource
J1-596A
kIRG_KPSource
KP1-7024
kIRG_KSource
K2-5A37
kIRG_TSource
T2-6323
kRSUnicode
140.14
kTotalStrokes
17
kBigFive
F0B7
kCCCII
23265A
kCNS1986
2-6323
kCNS1992
2-6323
kEACC
23265A
kGB3
7531
kGB8
9449
kJis1
5774
kMainlandTelegraph
9195
kTGH
2013:7924
kTaiwanTelegraph
9119
kXerox
313:276
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6
C+22383+140.3.14
kCantonese
piu1
kDefinition
duckweed
kFanqie
符霄
kHanyuPinyin
53316.030:piáo
kJapanese
ヒョウ ビョウ
kJapaneseKun
UKIGUSA
kJapaneseOn
HYOU BYOU
kMandarin
piáo
kSMSZD2003Readings
piāo,piáo粵piu1,piu4
kTGHZ2013
283.160:piáo
kXHC1983
0874.070:piáo

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Structure & connections

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⿱ Above / below

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

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Retained descriptions & scope

^⿱艹漂$(GHTJKP)

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