# 蔸

| 蔸 | U+8538, &#34104; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8538 |
| ← 蔷 [U+8537] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 蔹 → [U+8539] |

## Translingual
### Han character

蔸 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+11, 17 strokes, cangjie input 廿竹女山 (THVU), composition ⿱艹兜)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 1056, character 12
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3281, character 1
* Unihan data for U+8538

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声) : semantic 艹 + phonetic 兜 (OC *toː).

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): dōu (dou$^1$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄉㄡ
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): dau$^1$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): eu$^1$
* Eastern Min (BUC): dău
* Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): dao$^1$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: dōu
*** Zhuyin: ㄉㄡ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: dou
*** Wade–Giles: tou$^1$
*** Yale: dōu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dou
*** Palladius: доу (dou)
*** Sinological IPA : /toʊ̯⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: dau$^1$
*** Yale: dāu
*** Cantonese Pinyin: dau$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: deo$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /tɐu̯⁵⁵/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: eu$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /eu³³/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: dău
*** Sinological IPA : /tau⁵⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: dao$^1$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tau
*** Sinological IPA : /tau³³/

### Definitions

蔸
* (dialectal) root and stem of certain plants
* (dialectal) Classifier for plants: clump

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 本, 株 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 棵, 株 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 棵 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 棵 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chengde | 棵 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Ulanhot | 棵 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Tongliao | 棵 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chifeng | 棵 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Hulunbuir (Hailar) | 棵 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Heihe | 棵 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Qiqihar | 棵 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 棵 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Jiamusi | 棵 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Baicheng | 棵 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Changchun | 棵 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Tonghua | 棵 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Shenyang | 棵 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Jinzhou | 棵 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 棵 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tianjin | 棵 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tangshan | 棵 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Cangzhou | 棵 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Baoding | 棵 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Shijiazhuang | 棵 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Lijin | 棵 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 棵 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Dalian | 棵 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Dandong | 棵 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai | 棵 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 棵 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Qingdao | 棵 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Zhucheng | 棵 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 棵 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Jining | 棵 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 棵 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Linfen | 棵 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Shangqiu | 棵 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Yuanyang | 棵 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Zhengzhou | 棵 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xinyang | 棵 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Baihe | 棵 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 個, 棵 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Baoji | 個 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Tianshui | 棵 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 棵 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 棵 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Fuyang | 棵 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) | 個 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 棵 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Bayanhot | 棵 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 棵 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Dunhuang | 棵 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Hami | 棵 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 棵 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 根, 窩, 棵 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Nanchong | 窩 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dazhou | 根 trees, 蔸 cabbage |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Hanyuan | 窩 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xichang | 窩 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zigong | 窩 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chongqing | 根 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 棵 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Yichang | 棵 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xiangyang | 棵 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Tianmen | 棵 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 棵 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zunyi | 棵 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Bijie | 棵, 窩 trees |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liping | 蔸 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zhaotong | 棵 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dali | 棵 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Kunming | 棵 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Mengzi | 棵 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 蔸 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 蔸, 樖 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Nanning (Fujian) | 蔸 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Jishou | 蔸 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Changde | 蔸 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Hanzhong | 棵 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 棵 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 棵 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Lianyungang | 棵 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Lianshui | 棵 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nantong | 棵 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Anqing | 棵 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Wuhu | 棵 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 棵 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hong'an | 棵 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 樖, 蔸 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 樖 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou) | 樖, 蔸 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou) | 樖 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Ting Kok) | 樖 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) | 樖 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 樖 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 樖 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 樖 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 樖 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 樖 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 樖 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 樖 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 樖 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 樖 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 樖 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 樖 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 樖 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 蔸, 樖 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 蔸 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 蔸 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 蔸 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 蔸 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 蔸 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 蔸 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 蔸 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 蔸 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 樖 |
| Cantonese | Qingyuan | 樖 |
| Cantonese | Fogang | 樖 |
| Cantonese | Yingde (Hanguang) | 樖 |
| Cantonese | Yangshan | 蔸 |
| Cantonese | Lianshan (Butian) | 蔸 |
| Cantonese | Lianzhou (Qingshui; Sihui) | 蔸 |
| Cantonese | Shaoguan | 樖 |
| Cantonese | Shaoguan (Qujiang) | 樖 |
| Cantonese | Renhua | 蔸 |
| Cantonese | Lechang | 樖 |
| Cantonese | Zhaoqing (Gaoyao) | 樖 |
| Cantonese | Sihui | 樖 |
| Cantonese | Guangning | 條 |
| Cantonese | Deqing | 樖 |
| Cantonese | Huaiji | 蔸 |
| Cantonese | Fengkai (Nanfeng) | 樖 |
| Cantonese | Yunfu | 樖 |
| Cantonese | Xinxing | 樖 |
| Cantonese | Luoding | 樖 |
| Cantonese | Yunan (Pingtai) | 樖 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 蔸 |
| Cantonese | Xinyi | 樖 |
| Cantonese | Lianjiang | 棵 |
| Cantonese | Nanning | 樖, 蔸 |
| Cantonese | Wuzhou | 樖 |
| Cantonese | Yulin | 樖, 蔸 |
| Cantonese | Hepu (Lianzhou) | 條 |
| Cantonese | Guiping | 樖 |
| Cantonese | Mengshan (Xihe) | 樖 |
| Cantonese | Beiliu (Tangliao) | 蔸 |
| Cantonese | Baise | 樖 |
| Cantonese | Bobai | 蔸 |
| Cantonese | Lingshan | 蔸 |
| Cantonese | Pubei | 蔸 |
| Cantonese | Qinzhou | 蔸 |
| Cantonese | Beihai | 蔸 |
| Cantonese | Ningming | 樖 |
| Cantonese | Hengzhou | 蔸 |
| Cantonese | Hezhou (Pumen, Babu) | 棵 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 樖 |
| Cantonese | Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) | 樖 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 蔸, 棵 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 頭, 棵 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 隻, 蔸 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 條, 墩 |
| Hakka | Xingning | 條, 頭, 樖 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) | 蔸 |
| Hakka | Huidong (Daling) | 樖 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 樖 |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 樖 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 樖 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Shuizhai) | 條 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Huacheng) | 條 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Changbu) | 條 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Mianyang) | 條 |
| Hakka | Heyuan (Bendihua) | 堆 |
| Hakka | Wengyuan | 鬥 |
| Hakka | Shaoguan (Qujiang) | 樖 |
| Hakka | Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) | 根 |
| Hakka | Liannan | 蔸 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) | 樖 |
| Hakka | Jiexi | 頭 |
| Hakka | Luhe | 堆 |
| Hakka | Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan) | 支 |
| Hakka | Changting | 蔸 |
| Hakka | Wuping | 頭 |
| Hakka | Wuping (Yanqian) | 頭 |
| Hakka | Wuping (Pingyu) | 頭 |
| Hakka | Liancheng | 蔸, 叢 |
| Hakka | Ninghua | 頭 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 頭 |
| Hakka | Ningdu | 頭 |
| Hakka | Ruijin | 頭 |
| Hakka | Shicheng | 頭 |
| Hakka | Shangyou (Shexi) | 頭 |
| Hakka | Tonggu (Sandu) | 蔸 |
| Hakka | Ganzhou (Panlong) | 蔸 |
| Hakka | Dayu | 蔸 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 頭 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 頭 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 頭 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 頭 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 頭 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 頭 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 樖 |
| Hakka | Yangxi (Tangkou) | 蔸 |
| Hakka | Yangchun (Sanjia) | 蔸 |
| Hakka | Xinyi (Sihe) | 樖 |
| Hakka | Xinyi (Qianpai) | 樖 |
| Hakka | Gaozhou (Xindong) | 條 |
| Hakka | Maoming (Shalang, Dianbai) | 頭 |
| Hakka | Huazhou (Xin'an) | 條 |
| Hakka | Lianjiang (Shijiao) | 條 |
| Hakka | Lianjiang (Qingping) | 條 |
| Hakka | Mengshan (Xihe) | 樖 |
| Hakka | Luchuan | 樖 |
| Hakka | Luchuan (Daqiao) | 條 |
| Hakka | Beiliu (Tang'an) | 條 |
| Hakka | Mashan (Pianlian) | 條 |
| Hakka | Sabah (Longchuan) | 樖 |
| Hakka | Senai (Huiyang) | 樖 |
| Hakka | Sungai Tapang, Batu Kawa (Hepo) | 頭 |
| Hakka | Singkawang | 頭 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 棵 |
| Huizhou | Shexian | 棵 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 朳, 棵 |
| Jin | Pingyao | 朳 |
| Jin | Yangyuan | 棵 |
| Jin | Datong | 棵 trees, 苗 cabbage |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 蔔 |
| Jin | Lüliang (Lishi) | 棵 |
| Jin | Changzhi | 棵 |
| Jin | Taibus (Baochang) | 棵 |
| Jin | Linhe | 苗 |
| Jin | Jining | 棵, 苗 |
| Jin | Hohhot | 棵, 卜 |
| Jin | Baotou | 棵 |
| Jin | Dongsheng | 苗 |
| Jin | Haibowan | 棵 |
| Jin | Erenhot | 苗 |
| Jin | Pingshan | 棵 |
| Jin | Zhangjiakou | 棵 |
| Jin | Handan | 棵 |
| Jin | Linzhou | 棵 |
| Jin | Suide | 棵 cabbage, 卜 trees |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 叢 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou (Dikou) | 蔸 |
| Northern Min | Songxi | 叢 |
| Northern Min | Zhenghe | 叢 |
| Northern Min | Zhenghe (Zhenqian) | 枝 |
| Northern Min | Jianyang | 叢, 枝 |
| Northern Min | Wuyishan | 叢 |
| Northern Min | Pucheng (Shibei) | 叢 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 蔸 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou (Changle) | 蔸 |
| Eastern Min | Fuqing | 蔸 |
| Eastern Min | Pingtan | 蔸 |
| Eastern Min | Yongtai | 蔸 |
| Eastern Min | Gutian | 蔸 |
| Eastern Min | Fu'an | 蔸 |
| Eastern Min | Ningde | 蔸 |
| Eastern Min | Shouning | 蔸, 蓬 |
| Eastern Min | Zhouning | 蔸 |
| Eastern Min | Fuding | 蔸 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 叢 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 叢 |
| Southern Min | Jinjiang | 叢 |
| Southern Min | Yongchun | 叢 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 叢 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou (Changtai) | 叢 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 叢 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 叢 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 叢 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 叢 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 叢 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 叢 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 叢 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 叢 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 叢 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 叢 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 叢 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 叢 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 叢 |
| Southern Min | Longyan | 頭 |
| Southern Min | Zhangping (Yongfu) | 叢 |
| Southern Min | Datian | 蔸 |
| Southern Min | Pingnan (Shangdu) | 樖 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 叢 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 叢 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 叢, 蔸 |
| Southern Min | Bangkok (Teochew) | 叢 |
| Southern Min | Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 叢 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 叢 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 叢 |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 蔸 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou | 蔸 |
| Central Min | Yong'an | 叢 |
| Central Min | Sanming (Sanyuan) | 叢 |
| Central Min | Sanming (Shaxian) | 叢 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 樖 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Sanxiang) | 樖 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 樖, 蔸 |
| Northern Pinghua | Guilin (Dahe) | 蔸, 樖 |
| Shehua | Fu'an | 蔸 |
| Shehua | Fuding | 蔸 |
| Shehua | Luoyuan | 蔸 |
| Shehua | Sanming | 蔸 |
| Shehua | Shunchang | 蔸 |
| Shehua | Hua'an | 蔸 |
| Shehua | Guixi (Zhangping) | 蔸 |
| Shehua | Cangnan | 蔸 |
| Shehua | Jingning (Hexi) | 蔸 |
| Shehua | Lishui | 蔸 |
| Shehua | Longyou | 蔸 |
| Shehua | Fengshun | 蔸 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 棵 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 棵 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 棵 |
| Wu | Wuxi | 棵 |
| Wu | Danyang | 棵 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 棵 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 棵, 株 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 株 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 根 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 棵, 隻 |
| Xiang | Xiangtan | 線 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 蔸 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 隻 |
| Xiang | Quanzhou | 棵 |