Definitions
radish; daikon; Taiwan pr. [tú]
Etymology
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葖 is a phono-semantic compound with the grass radical 艹 at the top, indicating a connection to plants. The lower component 突, meaning 'to dash' or 'protrude', serves as the phonetic, giving the pronunciation. The character's primary meanings are plant structures: a follicle, a root vegetable, or the bulbous underground part of certain plants. It occurs most frequently in the specialized botanical term 蓇葖, which identifies a dry, unilocular fruit that develops from a single carpel, highlighting its technical use in both traditional and modern plant anatomy.
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