Definitions
radish; daikon; Taiwan pr. [tú]
Etymology
About
The character 葖 is a phono-semantic compound. The grass radical 艹 at the top indicates its connection to plants. The lower component 突, meaning "to protrude", provides the phonetic element. It primarily refers to a specific plant structure, such as a follicle, a root vegetable, or the bulbous underground part of certain plants. The character is most commonly found in the specialized botanical term "蓇葖" (follicle), which describes a dry, unilocular fruit formed from a single carpel, illustrating its technical application in plant anatomy.