# 菰

| 菰 | U+83F0, &#33776; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-83F0 |
| ← 華 [U+83EF] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 菱 → [U+83F1] |

## Translingual
### Han character

菰 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+8, 14 strokes, cangjie input 廿弓木人 (TNDO), four-corner 4443$_2$, composition ⿱艹孤)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 1039, character 18
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 31217
* Dae Jaweon: page 1498, character 1
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3242, character 3
* Unihan data for U+83F0

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 瓜 | *kʷraː |
| 坬 | *kʷraːs |
| 窊 | *qʷraː, *qʷraːs |
| 畖 | *qʷraː |
| 搲 | *qʷraːs |
| 攨 | *qʷraːs |
| 孤 | *kʷaː |
| 苽 | *kʷaː |
| 胍 | *kʷaː |
| 泒 | *kʷaː |
| 呱 | *kʷaː |
| 觚 | *kʷaː |
| 柧 | *kʷaː |
| 罛 | *kʷaː |
| 軱 | *kʷaː |
| 菰 | *kʷaː |
| 箛 | *kʷaː |
| 狐 | *ɡʷaː |
| 弧 | *ɡʷlaː |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *kʷaː) : semantic 艸 (“grass; plant”) + phonetic 孤 (OC *kʷaː).

### Etymology 1

* 菰

#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): gū (gu$^1$)
       (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): gu$^1$
* Cantonese (Jyutping): gu$^1$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): ko͘
    (Teochew, Peng'im): gou$^1$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^1$ku
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: gū
*** Zhuyin: ㄍㄨ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: gu
*** Wade–Giles: ku$^1$
*** Yale: gū
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gu
*** Palladius: гу (gu)
*** Sinological IPA : /ku⁵⁵/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: gu$^1$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: gu
*** Sinological IPA : /ku⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: gu$^1$
*** Yale: gū
*** Cantonese Pinyin: gu$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: gu$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /kuː⁵⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ko͘
*** Tâi-lô: koo
*** Phofsit Daibuun: kof
*** IPA (Xiamen): /kɔ⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /kɔ³³/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /kɔ⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Taipei): /kɔ⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /kɔ⁴⁴/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: gou$^1$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kou
*** Sinological IPA : /kou³³/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^1$ku
*** MiniDict: ku$^平$
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^1$ku
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ku⁵³/
* Middle Chinese: ku
Rime :
| Character | 菰 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 見 (28) |
| Final (韻) | 模 (23) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | I |
| Fanqie | 古胡切 |
| Baxter | ku |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /kuo/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /kuo/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ko/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /kɔ/ |
| Li Rong | /ko/ |
| Wang Li | /ku/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /kuo/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | gū |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | gu$^1$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*kʷaː/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 菰 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 4356 |
| Phonetic component | 瓜 |
| Rime group | 魚 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 孤 |
| Old Chinese | /*kʷaː/ |
| Notes | 同苽見大招 |

#### Definitions

菰
* Manchurian wild rice (Zizania latifolia)

### Etymology 2

* For pronunciation and definitions of 菰 – see 菇 (“mushroom”). (This character is a variant form of 菇).

### Compounds

* 淡巴菰 (dànbāgū)
* 茨菰 (cígū)
* 菰米
* 菰粱
* 菰菜
* 野茨菰
* 野菰 (yěgū)

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
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#### Readings

* On (unclassified): こ (ko)
* Kun: こも (komo, 菰)、まこも (makomo, 菰)

## Korean
### Hanja

菰 • (go) (hangeul 고, revised go, McCune–Reischauer ko, Yale ko)
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## Vietnamese
### Han character

菰: Hán Nôm readings: cô
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