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荠 Chinese character image - Hanzi Now
荠 Chinese character image - Hanzi Now
荠 Chinese character image - Hanzi Now
荠 Chinese character image - Hanzi Now
荠 Chinese character image - Hanzi Now
荠 Chinese character image - Hanzi Now
荠 Chinese character image - Hanzi Now

荠 Stroke Order — How to Write 荠

Stroke Order

荠 is written in 9 strokes, following the standard Chinese stroke order. Start from the radical 艹, then complete the remaining strokes.

Stroke order matters in Chinese: it keeps the character balanced, and it is how dictionaries and handwriting input methods expect a character to be written.

荠 Radical and Character Components

Components:艹齐

荠 is a phono-semantic compound: 艹 (plant) carries the meaning, while 齐 indicates the sound.

Radical: 艹 + 6 more strokes

荠 Pronunciation and Pinyin

  • jì
  • qí

Meanings of 荠 in Chinese

1

jì荠

Shepherd's purse, a common herbaceous plant of the mustard family. Its young leaves are edible and often used in cuisine, and the whole plant can be used in traditional medicine.
春天到了，奶奶喜欢采新鲜的荠菜包饺子。
Spring has arrived, and Grandma loves to pick fresh shepherd's purse to make dumplings.
2

qí荠

When pronounced as 'qí', '荠' is primarily used as the second character in the compound word '荸荠' (bóqí or bíqí), which refers to water chestnuts.
今天妈妈在超市买了一些新鲜的荸荠。
Today, Mom bought some fresh water chestnuts at the supermarket.

Common Words and Phrases with 荠

1
jì荠cài菜
Shepherd's purse, an edible wild herb.
春天来了，田野里的荠菜绿油油的，可以采摘回家包饺子。
As spring arrives, the shepherd's purse in the fields is lush and green, ready to be picked and taken home to make delicious dumplings.

More words with 荠

Idioms with 荠

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Questions about 荠

What does 荠 mean in Chinese?

荠 (jì) means “Shepherd's purse” in Chinese.

How do you pronounce 荠?

荠 has 2 pronunciations: jì, qí.

How many strokes does 荠 have?

荠 has 9 strokes.

How do you write 荠?

荠 is written in 9 strokes, starting from the radical 艹. See the animated stroke order on this page.

What is the radical of 荠?

The radical of 荠 is 艹, and 荠 is a phono-semantic compound.