藻

Translingual

Han character

藻 (radical 140 艸+16, 22 strokes, cangjie input 廿水口木 (TERD), four-corner 4419₄)

1. splendid, magnificent
2. algae

References

• KangXi: page 1067, character 11
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 32401
• Dae Jaweon: page 1533, character 9
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 5, page 3329, character 5
• Unihan data for U+85FB

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Cantonese

Hanzi

藻 (Yale jou2)

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Japanese

Kanji

藻 (common “Jōyō” kanji)

Readings

• On: そう (sō)
• Kun: も (mo)

Noun

藻 (hiragana も, romaji mo)

1. alga, algae

Synonyms

• 藻類

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Korean

Hanja

藻 (hangeul 조, revised jo, McCune-Reischauer cho, Yale co)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

藻 (pinyin zǎo (zao3), Wade-Giles tsao³)

Derived terms

• 水藻
• 海藻

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Middle Chinese

Han character

藻 (tzɑ̌u)

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Vietnamese

Han character

藻 (tảo, tang)