Dong Chinese dictionary

qín

celery

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

Components

艹 Meaning component

cao, cǎo

grass

艹 is a component form of 艸.

斤 Sound component

jīn

axe

Evolution

Seal script

Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

qín

celery; Chinese celery

Most common words with 芹

Freq.	Word	Meaning
	芹菜	celery (Apium graveolens)
	芹	Chinese celery
	曹雪芹	Cao Xueqin (c. 1715-c. 1764), accepted author of A Dream of Red Mansions 紅樓夢\|红楼梦[HónglóuMèng]
	欧芹	parsley (Petroselinum sativum)
	西芹	celery

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