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ǒu

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ǒu Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
ǒu | ou3
English translation
lotus root

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About ǒu

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Number of strokes

18

Traditional form

ǒu

Contains the radical

cǎo

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí

Learning hint

plant

Etymology of ǒu

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

艹耦

Semantic compound

cǎo

Phonetic compound

ǒu

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Words with ǒu

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
ǒu root of lotus ǒu
莲藕 lián ǒu lotus root蓮藕
藕断丝连 ǒu duàn sī lián lit. lotus roots may break, but the fiber remains joined (idiom); lovers part, but still long for one another藕斷絲連

ǒu Decomposition & Compounds

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