Chinese–English

菰

gū · gu

Same in simplified and traditional Chinese

Meaning

CC-CEDICT

Manchurian wild rice (Zizania latifolia), now rare in the wild, formerly harvested for its grain, now mainly cultivated for its edible stem known as 茭白筍 / 茭白笋 (jiāobáisǔn), which is swollen by a smut fungus
(variant of 菇 (gū)) mushroom

Stroke order & practice

Choose a character to watch its strokes or trace it yourself.

Mainland China stroke order, including traditional characters. Drawing sources & licenses.

Definitions adapted from CC-CEDICT, published by MDBG and its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0. Pinyin display and entry grouping have been adapted.