How to Write 菰 (gū) — Chinese Stroke Order
Meaning: 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[jiao1 bai2 sun3], which is swollen by a smut fungus, (variant of 菇[gu1]) mushroom · 11 strokes
Character facts
| Character | 菰 |
|---|---|
| Pinyin | gū |
| Strokes | 11 |
| Unicode | U+83F0 |
English meanings
- 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[jiao1 bai2 sun3], which is swollen by a smut fungus
- (variant of 菇[gu1]) mushroom