懂中文 Dong Chinese

卉

huì

general term for plants

Depicts a group of plants (屮, 艹). Originally written as 芔 (屮, 艸) resulting in its erroneous replacement of the once visually similar but unrelated form of 犇 (run) within some characters.

Components
屮 iconic component

屮  Iconic component

chè

  

sprout

艹 iconic component

艹  Iconic component

cao, cǎo

  

grass

Evolution

卉 Seal script Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)

Seal script

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

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
卉 Clerical script Wu (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)

Clerical script

Wu (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)
卉 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

卉  

huì

general term for plants; myriads; plants

Most common words with 卉
Freq.
Word
Meaning

花卉

flowers and plants

卉

plants

奇花异卉

exotic flowers and rare herbs (idiom)

奇葩异卉

rare and exotic flora (idiom)