懂中文 Dong Chinese

芥

jiè, gài

mustard plant

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

Components
艹 meaning component

艹  Meaning component

cao, cǎo

  

grass

艹 is a component form of 艸.

介 sound component

介  Sound component

jiè

  

to lie between

Evolution

芥 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
芥 Clerical script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
芥 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

芥  

jiè

mustard plant; mustard; tiny

芥  

gài

see 芥藍|芥蓝[gài​lán]

Most common words with 芥
Freq.
Word
Meaning

芥末

mustard

芥

Chinese broccoli

芥菜

also pr. [gài​cài]

芥蒂

barrier

芥兰

Chinese broccoli