蕉

蕉 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+12, 15 strokes, cangjie input 廿人土火 (TOGF), four-corner 4433₁, composition ⿱艹焦)

• KangXi: page 1057, character 18
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 31937
• Dae Jaweon: page 1520, character 10
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3292, character 11
• Unihan data for U+8549

Historical forms of the character 蕉
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *ʔsew) : semantic 艹 (“grass; plant”) + phonetic 焦 (OC *ʔsew).

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Related to 焦 (burned, dried > unsoaked)? Or maybe from Vietnamese chuối?”)

蕉

1. ^† unsoaked hemp
2. ^† abaca
3. banana; plantain (any plant in Musaceae, especially the edible fruit) (Classifier: 根 m; 串 m; 把 m; 條／条 c; 隻／只 c; 梳 c; 弓 mn)
4. a surname

蕉

1. ^† Alternative form of 憔 (qiáo, “haggard”).
2. ^† Alternative form of 樵 (qiáo, “firewood”).

• “蕉”, 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–

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

1. banana
2. plantain

• Go-on: しょう (shō)^{←せう (seu, historical)}
• Kan-on: しょう (shō)^{←せう (seu, historical)}
• Kun: きあさ (kiasa, 蕉); こげる (kogeru, 蕉げる)

• 芭蕉(ばしょう) (bashō)
• 甘蕉(かんしょう) (kanshō), 甘蕉(バナナ) (banana)

蕉 (eumhun 파초 초 (pacho cho))

1. Hanja form^? of 초 (“banana”).

蕉: Hán Nôm readings: tiêu

1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.