萁

Information about character(s)

Radical: 艸
Radical Strokes: 6
Additional Strokes: 8
Total Strokes: 11

Pronunciation

Pinyin: qí, jī
Cantonese: kei4
JapaneseKun: MAMEGARA
JapaneseOn: KI GI KAI

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: kind of grasses

CE-Dict: stalks of pulse

21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.the stalks of beans

說文解字 - Shuowen: 《艸部》萁豆莖也。从艸其聲。

康熙字典文字版 【申集上】【艸字部】萁
〔古文〕𦬟【唐韻】【集韻】𠀤渠之切，音棊。【說文】豆莖也。【前漢·楊惲傳】種一頃豆，落而爲萁。　又【廣韻】居疑切，音姬。【韻會】菜，似蕨。【馬融·廣成頌】茈萁芸蒩。　又草也。【前漢·五行志】檿弧萁服。【師古註】服，盛箭者，萁草似荻而細，織之爲服也。　又【禮·曲禮】梁曰薌萁。【註】萁，語辭也。　又居開切，音該。【淮南子·時則訓】爨萁燧火。【註】取萁木燧之，火炊之。