藕 — Chinese character
藕
ǒu
lotus root
- Pinyin
- ǒu
- Radical
- 140 ⾋ (Grass)
- Strokes
- 18
- Components
- 艹 耦
- Formation
- pictophonetic — plant; meaning component 艹; sound component 耦
- Japanese
- 藕 as a kanji
Common words with 藕
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 莲藕 (蓮藕) | lián ǒu | lotus root |
| 藕断丝连 (藕斷絲連) | ǒu duàn sī lián | lit. lotus roots may break, but the fiber remains joined (idiom); lovers part, but still long for one another |
| 吃藕 | chī ǒu | (slang) unattractive; ugly (derived from near homophone 丑 (chǒu)) |
| 抛生藕 (拋生藕) | pāo shēng ǒu | (Cantonese) (of a woman) to direct a coquettish look, comment or gesture at a guy |
English words written with 藕
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.