薏 - Mogher

Glyph

Radical: 艹
Residual strokes: 13 strokes
Strokes: 16 strokes
Mandarin: yì

Definitions by reading

in3 文

Mandarin equivalent yì

Regional readings

19th-century Fucheng in3文 Chaoyang in3文 Chenghai in3文 Jieyang in3文 Raoping in3文 Shantou in3文

薏 <名>
薏苡的省称 [Job's tears]。如:薏苡(草本植物,茎直立,叶线状披针形,颖果卵形,淡褐色。子粒(薏苡仁)含淀粉,供食用、酿酒,并入药。茎叶可作造纸原料)
莲子的心,即莲子中的青嫩胚芽 [the heart of a lotus seed]
莲青皮,果白,子为的;的中有青为薏。――《尔雅》
薏米
[seed of Job's tears] 去壳的薏苡子实,白色,可供食用及药用。也叫“薏仁米”、“苡仁”、“苡米”                                                                                                                                                            

薏yì[薏苡]多年生草本。茎叶略像高粱。果实椭圆形，灰白色。果仁白色叫"薏米"或"薏仁米"，可食用或酿酒，也供药用。

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i3

Mandarin equivalent yì

Regional readings

19th-century Fucheng i3 Chaoyang i3 Chenghai i3 Jieyang i3 Raoping i3 Shantou i3

〔薏苡 yì(î⁵)〕也叫薏仁米,潮汕方言叫“薏米”。可吃

潮汕十八音字典(杨扬发) - 2001

English meaning

seed of job's tears; lotus seed

GuangyunPhonological reconstruction

1

影母三等開口蒸韵入声於力切

Reconstruction:

Original

薏苡，亦蓮心。