莴

See also 萵

Translingual

Etymology

Simplified from 萵 (咼 → 呙)

Han character

莴 (radical 140 艸+7, 13 strokes, cangjie input 廿口人月 (TROB))

1. lettuce

References

• KangXi: not present, would follow page 1036, character 40
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 5, page 3219, character 4
• Unihan data for U+83B4

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Cantonese

Hanzi

莴 (traditional 萵, Yale wo1)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

莴 (traditional 萵, pinyin lián (lian2), wō (wo1), xiān (xian1), Wade-Giles lien², wo¹, hsien¹)

Compounds

• 莴苣 (wōjù)