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菰
gū

wild rice

Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents

Components

艹
艹 Meaning component
cao, cǎo grass

grass

孤
孤 Sound component
gū orphan

Character Evolution

Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangkʷaː
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Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
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