Chinese character 菱 meaning explanation pronunciation

Writing Sheet

Pinyin líng

Phonetic Notation ㄌㄧㄥˊ

Strokes Count11

Radical艹

Strokes Count without Radical8

Five Stroke CodeAFWT

Cangjie CodeTGCE

Zheng CodeEBOR

Stroke Code12212134354

Four Corner Code44407

UNICODE83F1

Character FormTop-bottom

Englishwater-chestnut, water caltrop

GermanyWasserkastanie (lat. Trapa natans) (S, Bio)

● 菱

líng ㄌㄧㄥˊ

　◎ 一年生水生草本植物，果实有硬壳，有角，称“菱”或“菱角”，可食。

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详细字义

◎ 菱

蓤 líng

〈名〉

柳叶菜科，菱属植物的泛称 [water chestnut]。一年生水生草本，叶子略呈三角形，叶柄有气囊，夏天开花，白色。果实有硬壳，有角，可供食用

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