菓

Translingual

Etymology

Graphically 艹 (“grass, plant”) + 果 (“fruit”)

Han character

菓 (radical 140 艸+8, 14 strokes, cangjie input 廿田木 (TWD))

1. fruits, nuts, berries

References

• KangXi: page 1037, character 29
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 31168
• Dae Jaweon: page 1496, character 5
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 5, page 3233, character 5
• Unihan data for U+83D3

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Cantonese

Hanzi

菓 (Yale gwo2)

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Japanese

Kanji

菓 (common “Jōyō” kanji)

Readings

• On: か (ka)
• Kun: くだもの (kudamono), かし (kashi)

Compounds

• 菓子 (かし, kashi, “confection, sweets, candy”)
  • 綿菓子 (わたがし)
  • 和菓子 (わがし, wagashi, “wagashi, Japanese candy”)
  • 洋菓子 (ようがし, yōgashi, “Western candy”)

Counter

菓 (hiragana か, romaji -ka)

1. fruit

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Korean

Hanja

菓 (hangeul 과, revised gwa, McCune-Reischauer kwa, Yale kwa)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

菓 (pinyin guǒ (guo3), Wade-Giles kuo³)