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蒻
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rushes

HSK 10
Nature →Plants →Grasses
ruò
ジャク、ニャク
약
Components
艹 grass (top)+ 弱 weak =
蒻 rushes
艹 Meaning component
cao grass (top)
grass
grass
弱 Phonetic component
ruò weak
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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
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
蒻
Regular
Modern
Chinese
蒻 [ruò]
young rush (Typha japonica), a kind of cattail
Example Sentences
CHINESE WORDS (1)
蒟蒻 [jǔ​ruò]
konjac, konnyaku or devil's tongue (Amorphophallus konjac), plant whose corms are used to make a stiff jelly (as a food)
JAPANESE WORDS (9)
蒟蒻 [こんにゃく] #69,868
konnyaku (Amorphophallus konjac)
糸こんにゃく [いとこんにゃく] #109,254
konnyaku cut into fine threads
こんにゃく版 [こんにゃくばん] #212,177
hectograph
こんにゃく問答 [こんにゃくもんどう] #223,749
irrelevant and incoherent dialogue
蒟蒻本 [こんにゃくぼん] #261,568
Japanese book size (approx. 12.5cm by 17.5cm)
こんにゃく粉 [こんにゃくこ] #284,495
konjac powder
スマトラ大蒟蒻 [スマトラおおこんにゃく]
titan arum (Amorphophallus titanum)
刺青蒟蒻鯵 [いれずみこんにゃくあじ]
ragfish (Icosteus aenigmaticus)
蒟蒻ゼリー [こんにゃくゼリー]
fruit jelly (gelled with konjac starch)