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蘿
🇹🇼🇭🇰🇯🇵🇰🇷
萝
🇨🇳

edible root

HSK 10
Nature →Plants
luó
ラ
つた
라
Phonosemantic compound. 艹 represents the meaning and 羅 represents the sound.
Components
Traditional (蘿)
艹 grass (top)+ 羅 silk gauze =
蘿 edible root
艹 Meaning component
cao grass (top)
grass
艹 is a component form of 艸.
羅 Phonetic component
silk gauze
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Simplified (萝)
艹 grass (top)+ 罗 net for catching birds =
萝 type of creeping plant
艹 Meaning component
cao grass (top)
grass
艹 is a component form of 艸.
罗 Phonetic component
luō net for catching birds
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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)
蘿
Regular
Modern
Chinese
萝 / 蘿 [luó]
radish
Japanese
苔 、 蘚 、 蘿 こけ 、 コケ 同音

noun

  1. usually kana moss
  2. usually kana short plants resembling moss (incl. other bryophytes, lichens, very small spermatophytes, etc.)
蘿 かげ 同音
noun obsolete common clubmoss (Lycopodium clavatum); stag's-horn clubmoss; running clubmoss; ground pine
Example Sentences
🇯🇵 (1)
転がる石には苔がつかない。
A rolling stone gathers no moss.
Japanese Names
蘿 つた
Tsuta surname
CHINESE WORDS (32)
萝卜 [luó​bo] #9,605
radish (Raphanus sativus), esp. white radish 白蘿蔔|白萝卜[bái​luó​bo]
胡萝卜 [hú​luó​bo] #6,986
carrot
菠萝 [bō​luó] #9,484
pineapple
胡萝卜素 [hú​luó​bo​sù] #46,626
carotene
红萝卜 [hóng​luó​bo] #44,363
carrot
萝岗区 [Luó​gǎng​qū] #42,704
Luogang district of Guangzhou city 廣州市|广州市[Guǎng​zhōu​shì], Guangdong
菠萝蜜 [bō​luó​mì] #46,592
jackfruit
萝北县 [Luó​běi​xiàn] #53,677
Luobei county in Hegang 鶴崗|鹤岗[Hè​gǎng], Heilongjiang
小萝卜头 [xiǎo​luó​bo​tou] #54,214
(coll.) little kid
一个萝卜一个坑 [yī​gè​luó​bo​yī​gè​kēng] #56,662
lit. every turnip to its hole (idiom)
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JAPANESE WORDS (11)
⭐ 苔 [こけ] #17,320
moss
蘿蔔 [すずしろ] #105,340
daikon (variety of large white Oriental radish, Raphanus sativus var. longipinnatus)
蔦蔓 [つたかずら] #121,600
ivy and vines
胡蘿蔔 [こらふ] #217,274
carrot
布海苔 [ふのり] #225,991
funori
菠蘿包 [ポーローパーウ] #269,793
pineapple bun (Chinese sweet pastry similar to the Japanese melonpan)
蘿芋 [ががいも]
rough potato (Metaplexis japonica)
松蘿 [しょうら]
old man's beard (any lichen of genus Usnea)
繊蘿蔔 [せんろふ]
daikon julienne
蘿蔔草 [すずしろそう]
Arabis flagellosa (species of rockcress)
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