菰

See also: 苽

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

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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 (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ¹ku

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• 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
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ¹ku
    • MiniDict: ku^平
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹ku
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ku⁵³/

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• 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/
Bernard 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

(deprecated template usage) 菰

1. 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

(deprecated template usage)

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Japanese

Kanji

菰

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

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

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Korean

Hanja

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

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 菰 (cô)

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