# 藕

| 藕 | U+85D5, &#34261; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-85D5 |
| ← 藔 [U+85D4] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 藖 → [U+85D6] |

## Translingual
### Han character

藕 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+15, 18 strokes, cangjie input 廿手木月 (TQDB), four-corner 4492$_7$, composition ⿱艹耦)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 1065, character 2
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 32298
* Dae Jaweon: page 1529, character 27
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3317, character 6
* Unihan data for U+85D5

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 齵 | *ŋoː, *ŋo |
| 偶 | *ŋoːʔ, *ŋoːs |
| 耦 | *ŋoːʔ |
| 藕 | *ŋoːʔ |
| 髃 | *ŋoːʔ, *ŋo |
| 蕅 | *ŋoːʔ |
| 愚 | *ŋo |
| 隅 | *ŋo |
| 禺 | *ŋo, *ŋos |
| 湡 | *ŋo |
| 堣 | *ŋo |
| 嵎 | *ŋo |
| 鰅 | *ŋo, *ŋoŋ |
| 鍝 | *ŋo |
| 遇 | *ŋos |
| 寓 | *ŋos |
| 庽 | *ŋos |
| 媀 | *ŋos |
| 喁 | *ŋoŋ |
| 顒 | *ŋoŋ |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ŋoːʔ) : semantic 艸 (“grass”) + phonetic 耦 (OC *ŋoːʔ).

### Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): ǒu (ou$^3$)
       (Zhuyin): ㄡˇ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): ngou$^3$
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): ngau$^5$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): ngeu$^4$
* Gan (Wiktionary): ngieu$^3$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): ngiâu
    (Meixian, Guangdong): ngêu$^3$ / ngêu$^1$
* Jin (Wiktionary): ghou$^2$
* Northern Min (KCR): ngě
* Eastern Min (BUC): ngâu / ngēu
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): ngāu / ngǎu / gió / ngó͘
    (Teochew, Peng'im): ngou$^2$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^6$ngeu
* Xiang
    (Changsha, Wiktionary): ngou$^3$
    (Hengyang, Wiktionary): ngou$^3$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: ǒu
*** Zhuyin: ㄡˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: ǒu
*** Wade–Giles: ou$^3$
*** Yale: ǒu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: oou
*** Palladius: оу (ou)
*** Sinological IPA : /ˀoʊ̯²¹⁴/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: ngou$^3$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: ngou
*** Sinological IPA : /ŋəu⁵³/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: ngau$^5$
*** Yale: ngáuh
*** Cantonese Pinyin: ngau$^5$
*** Guangdong Romanization: ngeo$^5$
*** Sinological IPA : /ŋɐu̯¹³/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: ngeu$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /ᵑɡeu²¹/
* Gan
** (Nanchang)
*** Wiktionary: ngieu$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /ŋiɛu²¹³/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngiâu
*** Hakka Romanization System: ngiau$^ˊ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: ngiau$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /ŋi̯au̯²⁴/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: ngêu$^3$ / ngêu$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /ŋeu³¹/, /ŋeu⁴⁴/
* ngêu3 - literary;
* ngêu1 - vernacular.
* Dialectal data
| Variety | Location | edit藕 |
| Mandarin | Beijing | /ou²¹⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Harbin | /ou²¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Tianjin | /nou¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Jinan | /ŋou⁵⁵/ |
| Mandarin | Qingdao | /ɣou⁵⁵/ |
| Mandarin | Zhengzhou | /ou⁵³/ |
| Mandarin | Xi'an | /ŋou⁵³/ |
| Mandarin | Xining | /nɯ⁵³/ |
| Mandarin | Yinchuan | /əu⁵³/ |
| Mandarin | Lanzhou | /ou⁴⁴²/ |
| Mandarin | Ürümqi | /ŋɤu⁵¹/ |
| Mandarin | Wuhan | /ŋəu⁴²/ |
| Mandarin | Chengdu | /ŋəu⁵³/ |
| Mandarin | Guiyang | /ŋəu⁴²/ /əu⁴²/ 新 |
| Mandarin | Kunming | /əu⁵³/ |
| Mandarin | Nanjing | /əɯ²¹²/ |
| Mandarin | Hefei | /ʐɯ²⁴/ |
| Jin | Taiyuan | /ɣəu⁵³/ |
| Jin | Pingyao | /ŋəu⁵³/ |
| Jin | Hohhot | /ŋəu⁵³/ |
| Wu | Shanghai | /ŋɤ²³/ |
| Wu | Suzhou | /ŋɤ³¹/ |
| Wu | Hangzhou | /ŋei⁵³/ |
| Wu | Wenzhou | /ŋau³⁵/ |
| Hui | Shexian | /niu³⁵/ /ŋiu³⁵/ |
| Hui | Tunxi | /ȵiu²⁴/ |
| Xiang | Changsha | /ŋəu⁴¹/ |
| Xiang | Xiangtan | /ŋəɯ⁴²/ |
| Gan | Nanchang | /ŋiɛu²¹³/ |
| Hakka | Meixian | /ŋeu³¹/ |
| Hakka | Taoyuan | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | /ŋɐu²³/ |
| Cantonese | Nanning | /ŋɐu²⁴/ |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | /ŋɐu¹³/ |
| Min | Xiamen (Hokkien) | /ŋɔ⁵³/ /ŋau²²/ |
| Min | Fuzhou (Eastern Min) | /ŋɑu²⁴²/ |
| Min | Jian'ou (Northern Min) | /ŋe²¹/ |
| Min | Shantou (Teochew) | /kau³⁵/ |
| Min | Haikou (Hainanese) | /ŋɔu²¹³/ |
* Middle Chinese: nguwX
Rime :
| Character | 藕 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 疑 (31) |
| Final (韻) | 侯 (137) |
| Tone (調) | Rising (X) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | I |
| Fanqie | 五口切 |
| Baxter | nguwX |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ŋəu$^X$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ŋəu$^X$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ŋəu$^X$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ŋəw$^X$/ |
| Li Rong | /ŋu$^X$/ |
| Wang Li | /ŋəu$^X$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /ŋə̯u$^X$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | ǒu |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | ngau$^5$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*C.ŋˤ(r)oʔ/
    (Zhengzhang): /*ŋoːʔ/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 藕 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | ǒu |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ nguw$^X$ › |
| Old Chinese | /*C.ŋˁ(r)oʔ/ |
| English | lotus root |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. ||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 藕 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 15915 |
| Phonetic component | 禺 |
| Rime group | 侯 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 藕 |
| Old Chinese | /*ŋoːʔ/ |

### Definitions

藕
* (lotus) root
* a surname

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 藕 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 蓮藕, 藕 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 藕 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 蓮藕 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Langfang | 藕 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chengde | 藕 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chifeng | 藕 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Hulunbuir (Hailar) | 藕 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Heihe | 藕 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Qiqihar | 藕 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 藕 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Jiamusi | 藕 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Baicheng | 藕 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Changchun | 藕 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Tonghua | 藕 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Shenyang | 藕 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Jinzhou | 藕 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 蓮藕 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tianjin | 藕 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tangshan | 藕 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Cangzhou | 藕 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Baoding | 藕 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Shijiazhuang | 藕 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Lijin | 藕 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 藕 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Dalian | 藕 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Dandong | 藕 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai | 藕 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 藕 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Qingdao | 藕 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Zhucheng | 藕 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 藕, 蓮菜, 窟窿兒菜 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Lingbao | 蓮菜 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Jining | 藕 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Daming | 藕 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 蓮菜 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Linfen | 藕, 蓮菜 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Shangqiu | 藕, 蓮菜 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Yuanyang | 藕 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Zhengzhou | 藕, 蓮菜 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xinyang | 蓮菜 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Baihe | 藕, 蓮菜 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 蓮菜, 蓮藕, 藕 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Baoji | 蓮菜, 蓮藕, 藕 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Tianshui | 蓮藕 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 蓮菜, 藕 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 藕 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Fuyang | 藕 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 藕 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 蓮藕, 藕, 蓮菜 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Dunhuang | 藕 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Hami | 藕 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 藕 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 藕 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Nanchong | 藕 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dazhou | 藕 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Hanyuan | 藕 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xichang | 藕 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zigong | 藕 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chongqing | 藕, 荷心兒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 藕 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Yichang | 藕 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xiangyang | 藕, 蓮菜 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Tianmen | 藕 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 藕 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zunyi | 藕 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Bijie | 藕 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liping | 藕根 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zhaotong | 藕 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dali | 藕根, 蓮根 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Kunming | 藕 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Mengzi | 蓮根, 蓮花根 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 蓮藕, 藕 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin (Lingui) | 藕 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 蓮藕, 藕 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou (Luorong) | 藕 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Nanning (Wuming) | 藕, 蓮藕 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Jishou | 藕 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Changde | 藕 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Hanzhong | 藕, 蓮菜 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dagudi (Maliba) | 蓮花菜, 藕 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Reshuitang (Longling) | 藕 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Mae Salong (Lancang) | 蓮花菜, 藕 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Mae Sai (Tengchong) | 藕 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 藕 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 藕 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Lianyungang | 藕 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Lianshui | 藕 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nantong | 藕 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Anqing | 藕 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Wuhu | 藕 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 藕 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hong'an | 藕 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 蓮藕, 藕 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 蓮藕 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou) | 蓮藕 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou) | 蓮藕 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Ting Kok) | 蓮藕 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) | 蓮藕 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 藕 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 蓮藕 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 蓮藕 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 蓮藕 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 蓮藕 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 蓮藕 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 藕 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 藕 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 蓮藕 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 蓮藕 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 藕 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 藕 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 藕 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 藕 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 藕 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 藕 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 蓮藕 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 蓮藕 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 蓮藕 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 蓮藕 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 蓮藕, 藕 |
| Cantonese | Qingyuan | 蓮藕 |
| Cantonese | Fogang | 藕 |
| Cantonese | Yingde (Hanguang) | 蓮藕 |
| Cantonese | Yangshan | 藕 |
| Cantonese | Lianshan (Butian) | 蓮藕 |
| Cantonese | Lianzhou (Qingshui; Sihui) | 蓮藕 |
| Cantonese | Shaoguan | 蓮藕 |
| Cantonese | Shaoguan (Qujiang) | 蓮藕 |
| Cantonese | Renhua | 蓮藕 |
| Cantonese | Lechang | 蓮藕 |
| Cantonese | Zhaoqing (Gaoyao) | 藕 |
| Cantonese | Sihui | 藕 |
| Cantonese | Guangning | 藕 |
| Cantonese | Deqing | 蓮藕 |
| Cantonese | Huaiji | 蓮藕 |
| Cantonese | Fengkai (Nanfeng) | 蓮藕 |
| Cantonese | Yunfu | 藕 |
| Cantonese | Xinxing | 蓮藕 |
| Cantonese | Luoding | 蓮藕 |
| Cantonese | Yunan (Pingtai) | 蓮藕 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 藕 |
| Cantonese | Xinyi | 蓮藕 |
| Cantonese | Lianjiang | 蓮藕 |
| Cantonese | Nanning | 蓮藕, 藕 |
| Cantonese | Nanning (Tanka) | 藕 |
| Cantonese | Wuzhou | 蓮藕, 藕 |
| Cantonese | Yulin | 蓮藕, 藕 |
| Cantonese | Hepu (Lianzhou) | 蓮藕, 藕 |
| Cantonese | Hepu (Shatian) | 蓮藕 |
| Cantonese | Guiping | 蓮藕, 藕 |
| Cantonese | Guiping (Mule) | 蓮藕 |
| Cantonese | Pingnan | 藕 |
| Cantonese | Mengshan (Xihe) | 藕 |
| Cantonese | Guigang (Gangcheng) | 藕 |
| Cantonese | Guigang (Nanjiang) | 藕 |
| Cantonese | Guigang (Pingdong) | 藕 |
| Cantonese | Beiliu (Tangliao) | 藕 |
| Cantonese | Baise | 藕 |
| Cantonese | Bobai | 藕 |
| Cantonese | Lingshan | 藕 |
| Cantonese | Pubei | 藕 |
| Cantonese | Qinzhou | 藕 |
| Cantonese | Beihai | 蓮藕, 藕 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Nankang) | 蓮藕 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Yingpan) | 蓮藕 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô) | 蓮藕 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà) | 蓮藕 |
| Cantonese | Ningming | 藕 |
| Cantonese | Hengzhou | 藕 |
| Cantonese | Hezhou (Pumen, Babu) | 藕 |
| Cantonese | Fangchenggang (Fangcheng) | 蓮藕 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 蓮藕 |
| Cantonese | Sarikei (Xinhui) | 藕 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 蓮藕 |
| Cantonese | Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) | 蓮藕 |
| Cantonese | Móng Cái | 蓮藕 |
| Cantonese | Bangkok (Guangfu) | 蓮藕 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 藕 |
| Gan | Pengze | 藕 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 藕 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 藕, 蓮藕 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 蓮莖, 蓮藕 |
| Hakka | Dabu (Xihe) | 蓮藕 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) | 蓮藕 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 蓮藕 |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 蓮藕 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Zhengguo, Zengcheng) | 蓮藕 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 藕 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Shuizhai) | 蓮莖 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Huacheng) | 蓮莖, 蓮藕 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Changbu) | 蓮藕 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Mianyang) | 蓮藕 |
| Hakka | Nanxiong (Zhuji) | 蓮藕 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) | 蓮藕 |
| Hakka | Jiexi | 蓮藕 |
| Hakka | Luhe | 蓮藕 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 蓮藕 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 蓮藕 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 蓮藕 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 蓮藕 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 蓮藕 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 蓮藕 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 蓮藕 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 蓮藕 |
| Hakka | Luchuan (Daqiao) | 蓮藕 |
| Hakka | Beiliu (Tang'an) | 藕 |
| Hakka | Mashan (Pianlian) | 藕 |
| Hakka | Sabah (Longchuan) | 蓮藕 |
| Hakka | Kuala Lumpur (Dabu) | 蓮藕 |
| Hakka | Senai (Huiyang) | 蓮藕 |
| Hakka | Singkawang | 蓮莖 |
| Hakka | Bangkok (Meixian) | 蓮梗 |
| Hakka | Bangkok (Fengshun) | 蓮藕 |
| Hakka | Bangkok (Jiexi) | 蓮藕 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 藕 |
| Huizhou | Shexian | 藕 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 藕根, 蓮菜 |
| Jin | Pingyao | 藕根 |
| Jin | Yangyuan | 藕 |
| Jin | Datong | 蓮菜 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 藕根 |
| Jin | Lüliang (Lishi) | 蓮菜 |
| Jin | Changzhi | 藕, 蓮菜 |
| Jin | Linhe | 藕 |
| Jin | Jining | 蓮菜 |
| Jin | Hohhot | 藕 |
| Jin | Erenhot | 藕 |
| Jin | Pingshan | 藕 |
| Jin | Zhangjiakou | 藕 |
| Jin | Handan | 藕, 蓮菜 |
| Jin | Linzhou | 藕, 蓮菜 |
| Jin | Suide | 藕 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 藕 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 藕 |
| Eastern Min | Fuqing | 藕 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 蓮藕 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 藕節 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 藕節 |
| Southern Min | Zhao'an | 藕節, 蓮藕 |
| Southern Min | Dongshan | 藕節, 蓮藕 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 蓮藕 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Tamsui) | 蓮藕 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 蓮藕 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Pingxi) | 蓮藕 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 蓮藕 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Cijin) | 蓮藕 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Hongmaogang, Siaogang) | 蓮藕 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang) | 蓮藕 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Tianliao) | 蓮藕 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 蓮藕 |
| Southern Min | Yilan (Toucheng) | 蓮藕 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 蓮藕 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 蓮藕 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 蓮藕 |
| Southern Min | Tainan (Anping) | 蓮藕 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 蓮藕 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 蓮藕 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 蓮藕 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Xiyu) | 蓮藕 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 蓮藕 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 蓮藕 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 藕節, 蓮藕 |
| Southern Min | Longyan | 藕 |
| Southern Min | Zhangping | 藕節 |
| Southern Min | Zhangping (Yongfu) | 藕節 |
| Southern Min | Pingnan (Shangdu) | 藕 |
| Southern Min | Pingnan (Sijie) | 蓮藕 |
| Southern Min | Pingle (Zhoutang) | 蓮藕 |
| Southern Min | Lechang (Tatou) | 蓮藕 |
| Southern Min | Yingde (Yuzui) | 蓮藕, 藕 |
| Southern Min | Yunan (Liantan) | 蓮藕, 藕 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 蓮茭 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 蓮茭, 蓮藕 |
| Southern Min | Shantou (Chenghai) | 蓮茭 |
| Southern Min | Shantou (Chaoyang) | 蓮茭 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 蓮茭 |
| Southern Min | Haifeng | 蓮藕 |
| Southern Min | Bangkok (Teochew) | 蓮茭 |
| Southern Min | Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 蓮茭 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 蓮茭 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 藕 |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 藕 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang) | 藕 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Jiangkou, Hanjiang) | 藕 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou | 藕 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou (Fengting) | 藕 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou (Youyang) | 藕 |
| Central Min | Yong'an | 蓮藕 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 藕 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Sanxiang) | 藕 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 藕, 蓮藕 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Shajing) | 藕 |
| Southern Pinghua | Binyang (Xinqiao) | 藕 |
| Northern Pinghua | Guilin (Dahe) | 藕 |
| Northern Pinghua | Guilin (Chaoyang) | 藕 |
| Northern Pinghua | Guilin (Zhuyuan) | 藕 |
| Northern Pinghua | Lingchuan (Tanxia) | 藕 |
| Waxiang | Yuanling (Shaojiwan) | 藕 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 藕, 塘藕, 斜塘藕 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 藕 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 藕, 塘藕 |
| Wu | Danyang | 藕 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 藕 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 藕, 荷藕 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 藕 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 藕 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 藕 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 藕 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 藕 |
| Xiang | Quanzhou | 藕 |
| Xiang | Guanyang (Wenshi) | 藕 |

### Compounds

* 丹藕
* 傷荷藕／伤荷藕
* 切藕咁多口
* 同心藕
* 塘藕
* 大轆藕／大辘藕
* 拋生藕／抛生藕
* 斜塘藕
* 旱藕
* 果藕
* 湖藕
* 煲老藕
* 玉藕
* 田藕
* 白藕
* 碧藕
* 紅藕／红藕
* 荷藕
* 菜藕
* 華藕／华藕
* 蓮藕／莲藕 (lián'ǒu)
* 蕉藕
* 藕合 (ǒuhé)
* 藕塘 (Ǒutáng)
* 藕心
* 藕心錢／藕心钱
* 藕披
* 藕斷絲不斷／藕断丝不断
* 藕斷絲聯／藕断丝联
* 藕斷絲連／藕断丝连 (ǒuduànsīlián)
* 藕斷絲長／藕断丝长
* 藕朽菌
* 藕根
* 藕棒兒／藕棒儿
* 藕池 (Ǒuchí)
* 藕灰 (ǒuhuī)
* 藕煤
* 藕節／藕节 (ǒujié)
* 藕粉 (ǒufěn)
* 藕絲／藕丝
* 藕絲兒／藕丝儿
* 藕腸／藕肠
* 藕色 (ǒusè)
* 藕色蓮／藕色莲
* 藕花 (ǒuhuā)
* 藕荷 (ǒuhé)
* 藕覆
* 藕零兒／藕零儿
* 藕餅／藕饼
* 蜜藕
* 賣生藕／卖生藕
* 踏藕
* 陸藕／陆藕
* 雪藕
* 黃藕冠／黄藕冠

### Descendants

* → Proto-Southwestern Tai: *ʰŋawꟲ (“central root”)
** Ahom: 𑜂𑜧 (ṅaw), 𑜂𑜨𑜧 (ṅow), 𑜂𑜧𑜈𑜫 (ṅaww)
** Lao: ເຫງົ້າ (ngao)
** Lü: ᦄᧁᧉ (ṅgaw²)
** Northern Thai: ᩉ᩠ᨦᩮᩢ᩶ᩣ
** Shan: ငဝ်ႈ (ngāo)
** Thai: เหง้า (ngâo)
* → Vietnamese: ngó (“lotus root”)
* → Zhuang: ngaeux (“lotus; lotus root”)

### References

* “藕”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
* lotus
* lotus root
* arrowroot

#### Readings

* Go-on: ぐ (gu)
* Kan-on: ごう (gō)
* Kan’yō-on: ぐう (gū)
* Kun: はすのね (hasunone)

## Korean
### Hanja

藕 • (u) (hangeul 우, revised u, McCune–Reischauer u, Yale wu)
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## Vietnamese
### Han character

藕: Hán Nôm readings: ngó, ngẫu
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