Usage of the character 菰
gū
菰
[菰]
- Manchurian wild rice (Zizania latifolia), now rare in the wild, formerly harvested for its grain, now mainly cultivated for its edible stem known as 茭白筍／茭白笋 (jiāobāisun), which is swollen by a smut fungus
- (variant of 菇 (gū)) mushroom
xiānggū
香菰
[香菰]
- variant of 香菇 (xiānggū)
cígu
茨菰
[茨菰]
- arrowhead (Sagittaria subulata, a water plant)
dànbāgū
淡巴菰
[淡巴菰]
- tobacco (loanword) (old)