芦

See also: 蘆

芦 U 82A6, 芦 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-82A6 ← 芥 [U 82A5] CJK Unified Ideographs 芧 → [U 82A7]

Translingual

Han character

芦 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸 4, 8 strokes in traditional Chinese and Korean, 7 strokes in mainland China and Japanese, cangjie input 廿戈尸 (TIS), composition ⿱艹户(G) or ⿱艹戶(TK) or ⿱艹戸(J))

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1020, character 1
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 30716
• Dae Jaweon: page 1477, character 15
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3184, character 8
• Unihan data for U 82A6

Chinese

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声) : semantic 艹 (“plant”) phonetic 户 ().

Etymology 1

For pronunciation and definitions of 芦 – see 蘆 (“reed; root of shepherd's purse; etc.”). (This character is the simplified and variant form of 蘆).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 芦 – see 芐 (“a kind of medicinal herb; mat woven from cattails; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 芐).

Japanese

Kanji

芦

(Jinmeiyō kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 蘆)

1. reed
2. bullrush

Readings

• Go-on: る (ru)
• Kan-on: ろ (ro)
• Kun: あし (ashi, 芦)

Korean

Hanja

芦 • (ho) (hangeul 호, revised ho, McCune–Reischauer ho, Yale ho)

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