藻
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Translingual
    
    Han character
    
藻 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+16, 19 strokes, cangjie input 廿水口木 (TERD), four-corner 44194, composition ⿱艹澡)
References
    
- KangXi: page 1067, character 11
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 32401
- Dae Jaweon: page 1533, character 9
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3329, character 5
- Unihan data for U+85FB
Chinese
    
| trad. | 藻 | |
|---|---|---|
| simp. # | 藻 | |
| alternative forms | 薻 𧃡 | |
Glyph origin
    
| Historical forms of the character 藻 | |
|---|---|
| Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) | Liushutong (compiled in Ming) | 
| Small seal script | Transcribed ancient scripts | 
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Characters in the same phonetic series (喿) (Zhengzhang, 2003)  
Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *ʔsaːwʔ) : semantic 艹 (“plant”) + phonetic 澡 (OC *ʔslaːwʔ).
Pronunciation
    
Definitions
    
藻
- algae
- other aquatic plants
- (literary) literary embellishment
- (literary) splendid, magnificent
- a surname
Japanese
    
    
Etymology
    
| Kanji in this term | 
|---|
| 藻 | 
| も Grade: S | 
| kun’yomi | 
Synonyms
    
- 藻類 (sōrui)
Derived terms
    
Derived terms
- 藻玉 (modama): St. Thomas bean
Korean
    
    Etymology
    
From Middle Chinese 藻 (MC t͡sɑuX). Recorded as Middle Korean 조〯 (cwǒ) (Yale: cwo) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.
Compounds
    
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