薺
Information about character(s)
Radical: 艸Radical Strokes: 6
Additional Strokes: 14
Total Strokes: 17
Simplified Form: 荠
Variants: 萕
Pronunciation
Pinyin: cí, jì, qìCantonese: cai4 cai5 ci4
JapaneseKun: NAZUNA
JapaneseOn: SEI ZAI
Korean: CEY
Dictionary definitions
Unicode: water-chestnuts; caltropCE-Dict: water chestnut
21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.a kind of vegetable; shepherd's purse
qi
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1.the caltrop
2.a water chestnut
說文解字 - Shuowen: 《艸部》薺 蒺棃也。从艸齊聲。《詩》曰:“牆有薺。”
康熙字典文字版 【申集上】【艸字部】 薺
【集韻】【正韻】𠀤在禮切,音鱭。甘菜。【詩·邶風】誰謂荼苦,其甘如薺。【董仲舒·雨雹對】薺麥始生,由陽升也。 又【韻會】草名。 又【類篇】才詣切,音劑。義同。 又才資切,音疵。《采薺》,逸《詩》篇名。【周禮·春官·樂師】趨以采薺。 又通茨,見茨字註。
CF-Dict: capselle
Han-De-Dict: Wasserkastanie ( lat. Eleocharis dulcis ) (u.E.) (S, Bio)