莔

Translingual

Han character

莔 (radical 140 艸+7, 13 strokes, cangjie input 廿田金月 (TWCB), four-corner 4460₀)

1. Fritillaria verticillata, the bulb of which is used in traditional Chinese medicine as a medicinal herb to reduce phlegm

References

• KangXi: page 1034, character 5
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 31048
• Dae Jaweon: page 1493, character 10
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 5, page 3219, character 12
• Unihan data for U+8394

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Cantonese

Hanzi

莔 (Yale maang4)

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Japanese

Kanji

莔

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On: もう (mō), みょう (myō), きつ (kitsu), こち (kochi), てい (tei), きょう (kyō)
• Kun: ははぐり (hahaguri)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

莔 (Pinyin méng (meng2), yīng (ying1), Wade-Giles meng², ying¹)

1. Fritillaria verticillata, the bulb of which is used in traditional Chinese medicine as a medicinal herb to reduce phlegm

Synonyms

• 贝母 (bèimǔ)