Chinese Character Wiki

苕

sháo, tiáo

rush plant

Components
艹 meaning component

艹  Meaning component

cao, cǎo

  

grass

plant

召 sound component

召  Sound component

zhào, shào

  

summon

Evolution

苕 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
苕 Clerical script Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)

Clerical script

Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)
苕 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

苕  

sháo

rush plant; see 紅苕|红苕[hóng​sháo]

苕  

tiáo

reed grass; Chinese trumpet vine (Campsis grandiflora) (old)

Most common words with 苕
Freq.
Word
Meaning

苕

reed grass

红苕

(dialect) sweet potato or yam

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

5319th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

8

Unicode

U+82D5

Shuowen

“苕，艸也。从艸，召聲。”


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