茭 — Chinese character
茭
jiāo
an edible aquatic grass; Zizania aquatica
- Pinyin
- jiāo
- Radical
- 140 ⾋ (Grass)
- Strokes
- 9
- Components
- 艹 交
- Formation
- pictophonetic — grass; meaning component 艹; sound component 交
Common words with 茭
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 茭白 | jiāo bái | Manchurian wild rice 菰 (gū), aka water bamboo, or its edible stem, which resembles a bamboo shoot |
| 茭白笋 (茭白筍) | jiāo bái sǔn | edible stem of Manchurian wild rice 菰 (gū), aka water bamboo |
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.
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