Read Edit View history Discussion 菠 bō spinach and similar greens Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Phonosemantic compound. 艹 represents the meaning and 波 represents the sound. Pinyin Separate values with commas bō × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint 艹 is a component form of 艸. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 菠 Simp strokes 菠 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 菠 Simp strokes 菠 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 菠 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "animcjk", "medians": [ [ [ 193, 652 ], [ 733, 710 ], [ 829, 697 ] ], [ [ 327, 768 ], [ 381, 735 ], [ 410, 579 ] ], [ [ 608, 843 ], [ 647, 789 ], [ 575, 610 ] ], [ [ 229, 545 ], [ 324, 448 ] ], [ [ 148, 397 ], [ 248, 325 ] ], [ [ 126, 109 ], [ 176, 61 ], [ 311, 316 ] ], [ [ 431, 454 ], [ 747, 498 ], [ 771, 477 ], [ 788, 440 ], [ 699, 392 ] ], [ [ 375, 475 ], [ 417, 426 ], [ 389, 197 ], [ 332, 75 ], [ 234, -18 ] ], [ [ 541, 584 ], [ 588, 542 ], [ 573, 292 ] ], [ [ 463, 273 ], [ 635, 299 ], [ 683, 266 ], [ 586, 79 ], [ 497, 25 ], [ 383, -3 ] ], [ [ 463, 223 ], [ 740, 3 ], [ 932, -24 ] ] ], 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730 478 729 474 Q 729 473 694 404 Q 687 394 693 389 Q 699 385 714 394 Q 766 427 809 437 Q 843 447 843 455 Q 842 464 779 511 Q 757 527 679 509 Q 639 505 612 496 L 556 485 Q 510 481 428 460 C 399 453 420 416 448 427 Q 451 431 554 457 L 556 457 L 608 467 Z", "M 428 460 Q 391 479 379 478 Q 360 475 374 455 Q 402 398 375 226 Q 365 180 340 124 Q 313 67 240 1 Q 227 -11 223 -16 Q 222 -23 232 -23 Q 268 -23 330 38 Q 423 134 443 399 Q 446 418 448 427 C 452 448 452 448 428 460 Z", "M 592 305 Q 599 390 608 467 L 612 496 Q 612 505 625 548 Q 628 558 611 571 Q 580 587 559 592 Q 546 596 538 588 Q 531 581 538 568 Q 550 550 556 485 L 556 457 Q 557 381 554 294 C 553 264 590 275 592 305 Z", "M 641 107 Q 672 152 693 216 Q 702 247 721 263 Q 737 276 720 292 Q 701 308 671 322 Q 653 328 592 305 L 554 294 Q 467 282 462 277 Q 453 271 470 262 Q 494 249 531 259 Q 577 268 622 277 Q 641 283 640 261 Q 640 201 603 138 L 581 107 Q 533 47 385 5 Q 370 2 379 -6 Q 386 -12 413 -9 Q 495 0 543 20 Q 582 38 613 71 L 641 107 Z", "M 613 71 Q 722 -38 757 -47 Q 836 -47 911 -35 Q 944 -29 941 -20 Q 940 -14 779 30 Q 719 51 641 107 L 603 138 Q 570 166 538 198 Q 504 232 473 232 Q 457 232 454 227 Q 453 221 467 212 Q 509 188 581 107 L 613 71 Z" ] } 11 strokes Historical Pronunciations Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss + Add historical pronunciation Sources No sources. 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