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U+4B73

Radical:+ 18 strokes = 27 strokes total.
References:Kangxi: p.1429#36 Hanyu: v7,p4426#03
Composition:Top: , bottom: .
Mandarin:wèi ㄨㄟˋ
Cantonese:ngai6
Kangxi:康熙字典·香部·十八》䭳:《集韵》虞贵切,音魏。阿䭳,药名。通作魏。《正字通》阿魏分草木二种。草者出西域,苗叶根茎似白芷,擣根汁,曝之如胶,西国持呪人禁食之。木者出南番。苏颂曰:今广州亦有之,云是木膏液滴酿结成。段成式云:木生波斯及伽闍那国,卽北天竺也。长八九尺,皮色靑黄,三月生叶,似鼠耳,无花实,其枝汁出如饴,久乃坚凝,名阿魏。摩伽陀僧言,取其汁,和米豆屑合成,与广州者相近,今两浙人家亦种之。《范成大诗》夹路风来阿魏香是也。波斯国呼爲阿虞,天竺国呼爲形虞,涅盘经谓之央匮,蒙古谓之哈昔泥。元飮膳正要云:阿魏根名隐展,性臭,能止臭。和食料甚香美。详见酉阳杂俎、本草纲目。
Unihan definition:a kind of herb; Asafoetida

Example usage

康熙字典·十八》::《集韵》虞贵切,音魏。
香乘·卷十三》:...也  曰□毗招切鱼胃切
集韵·卷七》:〇魏巍虞贵切地名春秋传魏大名也一曰象魏阙名篆作巍文七𧕞再蚕也草木采更生也药名通作魏犩𤛲兽名如牛而大肉数千斤或作𤛲
五音集韵·卷九至卷十》:...蚕也草木采更生也药名通作魏覩...
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