菰 gū gu

wild rice plant; also mushroom

#6129

Character data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency 6129th character
Radical ⾋ (140.8)
Strokes 11
Index # 4768

Definitions

菰 gū
  1. 1. Manchurian wild rice (Zizania latifolia), now rare in the wild, formerly harvested for its grain, now mainly cultivated for its edible stem known as 茭白筍jiāo bái sǔn, which is swollen by a smut fungus
  2. 2. (variant of 菇gū) mushroom

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Words containing 菰

Word Meaning
淡巴菰 dàn bā gū
tobacco (loanword) (old)
茨菰 cí gu
arrowhead (Sagittaria subulata, a water plant)
香菰 xiāng gū
variant of 香菇xiāng gū
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