菇
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(bound form) mushroom
- HSK 3.0
- Level 7–9
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 艸 +8
- Structure
- Top–bottom 上下
- Traditional
- 菇
- Common rank
- #1,857
- Unicode
- U+83C7
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Formation & memory
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How to remember it
mushroom (stem) · Heisig RSH #2996
flower + 姑 father’s sister
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words with 菇
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 波特贝勒菇 | portobello mushroom | |
| 波特菇 | portobello mushroom | |
| 白玉菇 | white beech mushroom (Hypsizygus tessellatus, cultivated white variety) | |
| 雪白菇 | white beech mushroom (Hypsizygus tessellatus, cultivated white variety) | |
| 金针菇 | enoki mushroom (Flammulina velutipes), used in cuisines of Japan, Korea and China, cultiva… | |
| 金菇 | enoki mushroom; abbr. for 金針菇|金针菇 | |
| 出菇 | (mycology) to fruit | |
| 平菇 | oyster mushroom (Pleurotus ostreatus) | |
| 柳松菇 | poplar mushroom (Cyclocybe aegerita) | |
| 草菇 | straw mushroom (Volvariella volvacea); paddy straw mushroom | |
| 香菇 | shiitake (Lentinus edodes), an edible mushroom | |
| 鸡腿菇 | shaggy ink cap (edible mushroom); Coprinus comatus | |
| 鸡菇 | see 雞腿菇|鸡腿菇[ji1 tui3 gu1] | |
| 洋菇 | cultivated mushroom; champignon (Agaricus bisporus) | |
| 春菇 | spring mushroom | |
| 杨树菇 | poplar mushroom (Cyclocybe aegerita) | |
| 猴头菇 | Hericium erinaceus | |
| 菌菇 | mushroom | |
| 真姬菇 | beech mushroom (Hypsizygus tessulatus) | |
| 磨菇 | variant of 蘑菇[mo2 gu5] |