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莖

jīng

stem

Phonosemantic compound. 艹 represents the meaning and 巠 represents the sound.

Components
艹 meaning component

艹  Meaning component

cao, cǎo

  

grass

艹 is a component form of 艸.

巠 sound component

巠  Sound component

jīng

  

warp (textile)

Evolution

莖 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
莖 Clerical script Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)

Clerical script

Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
莖 Seal script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Seal script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
莖 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
莖 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

茎 (莖) 

jīng

stem, stalk; stalk; stem; CL:條|条[tiáo]

Most common words with 莖
Freq.
Word
Meaning

阴茎

penis

茎

stalk

根茎

stolon

块茎

stem tuber

鳞茎

bulb

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*m-k-lˤ<r>eŋ

heang

jīng

stalk (n.)


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 2.5629% of movies

2635th most common character in movies

2675th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

10

Simplified

茎

Unicode

U+8396

Shuowen

“莖，枝柱也。从艸，巠聲。”


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