Chinese Character Wiki

荠

jì, qí

water-chestnuts

Components
艹 meaning component

艹  Meaning component

cao, cǎo

  

grass

plant

齐 sound component

齐  Sound component

qí

  

even

Evolution

荠 Bronze script Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)

Bronze script

Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)
荠 Seal script Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)

Seal script

Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
荠 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
荠 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
荠 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

荠 (薺) 

jì

water-chestnuts; caltrop; see 薺菜|荠菜[jì​cài]

荠 (薺) 

qí

water chestnut

Most common words with 荠
Freq.
Word
Meaning

荠菜

shepherd's purse (Capsella bursa-pastoris)

荠

shepherd's purse (Capsella bursa-pastoris)

荸荠

Chinese water chestnut

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

5681st most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

9

Traditional

薺

Unicode

U+8360


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