p8nda
p8nda BETA
Home Dictionary Translate Flashcards Sign in

蒟

jǔ
noun #68,908

Meanings

  1. 1 (archaic) the betel pepper plant
  2. 2 (in 蒟蒻) the konjac plant

Examples

蒟蒻果冻是用蒟蒻的块茎做的。
Jǔruò guǒdòng shì yòng jǔruò de kuàijīng zuò de.
Konjac jelly is made from the starchy corm of the jǔ-ruò plant.

Tips

history
Rare on its own in modern Chinese. It appears in 蒟酱 (a betel-pepper relish from old southwestern records) and in 蒟蒻, the plant whose corm gives the konjac jelly sold today.

Components

radical
艹 cǎo
grass; plant
The grass radical 艹 marks this as a plant name — here a betel pepper and, in compounds, the konjac plant.
phonetic
竘 qǔ
phonetic element
The lower part is the phonetic, built on 句; its reading lands on jǔ, the same 句-family seen in 拘 and 矩.

Stroke Order

蒟 jǔ