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菰
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wild rice

HSK 10
Human →Body
gū
コ
こも、まこも
고
Components
艹 grass (top)+ 孤 orphan =
菰 wild rice
艹 Meaning component
cao grass (top)
grass
grass
孤 Phonetic component
gū orphan
orphan, fatherless
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Notes
Similar Characters
春 springtime甍 rafters supporting roof盖 hide (simp)着 arrive/wear繭 cocoon (trad/jp)艺 art (simp)艻 sweet basil艽 a root艾 Chinese mugwort艿 taro节 knot (simp)芄 Metaplexis stauntoni芊 exuberant and vigorous芋 taro芍 peony芎 a kind of herb芏 Cyperus malaccensis芑 white millet芒 mango芗 fragrant smell of grain (simp)
Historical Evolution
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
菰
Regular
Modern
Chinese
菰 [gū]
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[jiāo​bái​sǔn], which is swollen by a smut fungus; (variant of 菇[gū]) mushroom
Japanese
薦 、 菰 こも 同音

noun

  1. woven straw mat (orig. made of wild rice leaves)
  2. abbrev. beggar
  3. archaic Manchurian wild rice (Zizania latifolia)
Example Sentences
CHINESE WORDS (3)
淡巴菰 [dàn​bā​gū]
tobacco (loanword) (old)
茨菰 [cí​gu]
arrowhead (Sagittaria subulata, a water plant)
香菰 [xiāng​gū]
variant of 香菇[xiāng​gū]
JAPANESE WORDS (7)
薦 [こも] #54,006
woven straw mat (orig. made of wild rice leaves)
真菰 [まこも] #176,654
Manchurian wild rice (Zizania latifolia)
薦被り [こもかぶり] #178,867
cask wrapped in straw matting
こも巻き [こもまき] #279,234
straw belt wrapped around trees to protect against pests
菰蓆 [こもむしろ] #301,356
mat of woven wild rice leaves
菰樽 [こもだる]
sake barrel wrapped in straw matting
薦僧 [こもそう]
mendicant Zen priest of the Fuke sect