蓍

Information about character(s)

Radical: 艸
Radical Strokes: 6
Additional Strokes: 10
Total Strokes: 13

Pronunciation

Pinyin: shī
Cantonese: si1
JapaneseKun: MEDOGI
JapaneseOn: SHI
Korean: SI

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: milfoil, plant used in divination

CE-Dict: Achillea sibirica

21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.milfoil, the stalks of which were used in divination in ancient times

朗道漢英字典 - Lang Dao: 【醫】 Achillea sibirica Ledeb.

說文解字 - Shuowen: 《艸部》蓍蒿屬。生十歲，百莖。《易》以為𢿙。天子蓍九尺，諸侯七尺，大夫五尺，士三尺。从艸耆聲。

康熙字典文字版 【申集上】【艸字部】蓍
〔古文〕𦮂【唐韻】式之切【正韻】申之切，𠀤音尸。【詩·曹風】浸彼苞蓍。【傳】蓍草也。【說文】蒿屬，《易》以爲數。天子蓍九尺，諸侯七尺，大夫五尺，士三尺。【白虎通】蓍之言耆也，陽之老也。【易·繫辭】蓍之德，圓而神。【韓詩外傳】孔子出遊，婦人中澤而哭，孔子問焉，曰：鄕者刈蓍薪，亡我蓍簪。　又【集韻】蒸夷切，音脂。義同。

CF-Dict: achillée/herbe des devins

Han-De-Dict: Bergschafgarbe (Achillea alpina) (u.E.) (S, Bio)