Hanja Analyzer
蒟

蒟 — gu

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
구장 구
Romanization
gu
English
betel pepper; Amorphophallus konjac
Mandarin
jǔ
Japanese on'yomi
コン, ク, グ
Japanese usage
Not on either list
Strokes
13
Radical
艸 (140, 10 residual)
Unicode
U+849F

Japanese words with 蒟

  • 蒟蒻こんにゃく konnyaku (Amorphophallus konjac); konjac; devil's tongue
  • 蒟醤きんま betel (Piper betle)
  • 蒟蒻本こんにゃくぼん Japanese book size (approx. 12.5cm by 17.5cm); late Edo-period novelette depicting life in the red-light district
  • 刺青蒟蒻鯵いれずみこんにゃくあじ ragfish (Icosteus aenigmaticus)
  • 蒟蒻ゼリーこんにゃくゼリー fruit jelly (gelled with konjac starch); fruit jello
  • スマトラ大蒟蒻スマトラおおこんにゃく titan arum (Amorphophallus titanum); corpse flower; carrion flower

Other hanja read “구”

Other hanja with radical 艸

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