茨

Information about character(s)

Radical: 艸
Radical Strokes: 6
Additional Strokes: 6
Total Strokes: 9

Pronunciation

Pinyin: cí
Cantonese: ci4
JapaneseKun: IBARA KUSABUKI KAYA
JapaneseOn: SHI JI
Korean: CA

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: thatching; caltrop, Tribulus terrestris

CE-Dict: Caltrop or puncture vine (Tribulus terrestris)/to thatch (a roof)

21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.[Formal] to thatch (a roof)
2.[Botany] puncture vine

說文解字 - Shuowen: 《艸部》茨以茅葦蓋屋。从艸次聲。

康熙字典文字版 【申集上】【艸字部】茨
【唐韻】疾資切【集韻】【韻會】【正韻】才資切，𠀤音薋。【說文】以茅蓋屋。【釋名】茨，次也，次草爲之也。【書·梓材】惟其塗塈茨。【周禮·夏官·圉師】茨牆則剪闔。【莊子·讓王篇】原憲居魯，環堵之室，茨以生草。　又【詩·鄘風】牆有茨。【註】蒺藜也。【爾雅·釋草】茨，蒺藜。【註】布地蔓生，細葉，子有三角，刺人。　又【酉陽雜俎】沙州，飼馬以茨、萁。　又【博雅】積也，聚也。【詩·小雅】曾孫之稼，如茨如梁。　又山名。【莊子·徐無鬼】黃帝將見大隗于具茨之山。　又姓。【後漢·衞颯傳】南陽茨充代颯爲桂陽太守。

CF-Dict: tribule terrestre/Tribulus terrestris/en chaume (toit)