- 莩 莩 fu2
- membrane lining inside a cylindrical stem; culm
- 莩 莩 piao3
- used for 殍 piǎo, to die of starvation
| strokes | 10 | 
|---|---|
| radical | |
| strokes after radical | 7 | 
- 饿莩 餓莩 e4 piao3
- starving people
- 饿莩遍野 餓莩遍野 e4 piao3 bian4 ye3
- starving people everywhere (idiom); a state of famine
- 饿莩载道 餓莩載道 e4 piao3 zai4 dao4
- starved corpses fill the roads (idiom); state of famine