菰

See also: 苽

菰	U+83F0, 菰 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-83F0

← 華
[U+83EF]

CJK Unified Ideographs

菱 →
[U+83F1]

Translingual

Han character

菰 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+8, 14 strokes, cangjie input 廿弓木人 (TNDO), four-corner 4443₂, composition ⿱艹孤)

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 1039, character 18
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 31217
Dae Jaweon: page 1498, character 1
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3242, character 3
Unihan data for U+83F0

Chinese

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (瓜) (Zhengzhang, 2003)

	Old Chinese
瓜	*kʷraː
坬	*kʷraːs
窊	qʷraː, qʷraːs
畖	*qʷraː
搲	*qʷraːs
攨	*qʷraːs
孤	*kʷaː
苽	*kʷaː
胍	*kʷaː
泒	*kʷaː
呱	*kʷaː
觚	*kʷaː
柧	*kʷaː
罛	*kʷaː
軱	*kʷaː
菰	*kʷaː
箛	*kʷaː
狐	*ɡʷaː
弧	*ɡʷlaː

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *kʷaː): semantic 艸 (“grass; plant”) + phonetic 孤 (OC *kʷaː).

Etymology 1

trad.		菰
simp. ^#		菰
alternative forms		苽

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): gū (gu¹)

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄨ

(Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): gu¹
Cantonese (Jyutping): gu¹
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): ko͘

(Teochew, Peng'im): gou¹
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹ku

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: gū
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄨ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: gu
  - Wade–Giles: ku¹
  - Yale: gū
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gu
  - Palladius: гу (gu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku⁵⁵/
- (Chengdu)
  - Sichuanese Pinyin: gu¹
  - Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: gu
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: gu¹
  - Yale: gū
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gu¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: gu¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kuː⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ko͘
  - Tâi-lô: koo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kof
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kɔ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kɔ³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kɔ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kɔ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kɔ⁴⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: gou¹
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kou
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kou³³/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ¹ku
  - MiniDict: ku^平
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹ku
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ku⁵³/

Middle Chinese: ku

Rime
Character	菰
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	模 (23)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	古胡切
Baxter	ku
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kuo/
Pan Wuyun	/kuo/
Shao Rongfen	/ko/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kɔ/
Li Rong	/ko/
Wang Li	/ku/
Bernhard Karlgren	/kuo/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	gū
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gu¹

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*kʷaː/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	菰
Reading #	1/1
No.	4356
Phonetic component	瓜
Rime group	魚
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	孤
Old Chinese	/*kʷaː/
Notes	同苽見大招

Definitions

菰

Manchurian wild rice (Zizania latifolia)

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 菰 – see 菇 (“mushroom”). (This character is a variant form of 菇).

Compounds

淡巴菰 (dànbāgū)
茨菰 (cígū)
菰米
菰粱
菰菜
野茨菰
野菰 (yěgū)

Japanese

Kanji

菰

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

On (unclassified): こ (ko)
Kun: こも (komo, 菰)、まこも (makomo, 菰)

Korean

Hanja

菰 • (go) (hangeul 고, revised go, McCune–Reischauer ko, Yale ko)

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Vietnamese

Han character

菰: Hán Nôm readings: cô

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