蕗

蕗 U+8557, 蕗 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8557 ← 蕖 [U+8556] CJK Unified Ideographs 蕘 → [U+8558]

Translingual

Han character

蕗 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+12, 18 strokes, cangjie input 廿口一口 (TRMR), four-corner 4416₄, composition ⿱艹路)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1058, character 2
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 31964
• Dae Jaweon: page 1520, character 30
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3301, character 14
• Unihan data for U+8557

Chinese

trad.		蕗
simp. #		蕗

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lù (lu⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lou⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lù
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lù
    • Wade–Giles: lu⁴
    • Yale: lù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: luh
    • Palladius: лу (lu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lu⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: lou⁶
    • Yale: louh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lou⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: lou⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lou̯²²/

Definitions

蕗

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Compounds

• 菎蕗
• 蕗蕎／蕗荞 (lùqiáo)
• 蕗蕨

 

Japanese

Kanji

蕗

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

1. butterbur, especially Petasites japonicus.

Readings

• On (unclassified): ろ (ro)
• Kun: ふき (fuki, 蕗)

Compounds

• 蕗草(ろそう) (rosō)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
蕗
ふき Jinmeiyō
kun'yomi

Alternative spellings
苳 款冬 菜蕗

Noun

蕗(ふき) or 蕗(フキ) • (fuki) 

1. giant butterbur (Petasites japonicus)

Derived terms

• 蕗(ふき)の薹(とう) (fukinotō)