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茭

jiāo
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 wild rice plant (Zizania)
  2. 2 dry fodder grass

Examples

HSK 7-9
茭白是江南常见的蔬菜，又嫩又甜。
Jiāobái shì Jiāngnán chángjiàn de shūcài, yòu nèn yòu tián.
Water bamboo is a common vegetable in Jiangnan, tender and sweet.
HSK 7-9
农民储存了茭草，好让牛过冬。
Nóngmín chǔcún le jiāocǎo, hǎo ràng niú guòdōng.
The farmer stored dry fodder grass to feed the cattle through the winter.

Tips

usage
茭 is best known in 茭白 ('water bamboo'), the swollen, edible stem of wild rice infected by a fungus - a prized vegetable in southern China.

Components

radical
艹 cǎo
grass; plant
艹 is the grass radical on top, the standard marker for plant names - apt for the grass-like wild rice 茭.
phonetic
交 jiāo
to cross; to hand over
交 under the grass radical supplies the exact sound jiāo with no tone change. It carries no meaning here.

Stroke Order

茭 jiāo