薺 - Dong Chinese dictionary

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jì, qí

water-chestnuts

Components

艹 Meaning component

cao, cǎo

grass

plant

齊 Sound component

qí

even, uniform

Evolution

Bronze script

Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)

Seal script

Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

jì

water-chestnuts; caltrop; see 薺菜|荠菜[jìcài]

qí

water chestnut

Most common words with 薺

Freq.	Word	Meaning
	荠菜	shepherd's purse (Capsella bursa-pastoris)
	荠	shepherd's purse (Capsella bursa-pastoris)
	荸荠	Chinese water chestnut

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese	Middle Chinese	Pinyin	Gloss
*dzˤ[ə]jʔ	dzejX	jì	Capsella bursa-pastoris

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

5681st most common character in books

Miscellaneous

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