jiǔ
chives
Depicts chives growing from the ground.
Evolution
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical script
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)Regular script
ModernMost common words with 韭
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
garlic chives (Allium tuberosum), aka Chinese chives | ||
leek | ||
chives (Allium tuberosum) |
Component uses
Sound component in 1 character (0 verified)
Historical pronunciation
Old Chinese | Middle Chinese | Pinyin | Gloss |
*s.[k](r)uʔ | kjuwX | jiǔ | Allium |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
4227th most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 9 |
Unicode | U+97ED |
Shuowen | “韭，菜名。一穜而久者，故謂之韭。象形，在一之上。一，地也。此與耑同意。” |
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