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weed

HSK 10
zhì
シツ
くし、くしけず.る
A wooden 木 comb 節; 節 also provides the pronunciation
Components
Traditional (櫛)
tree+ holiday =
weed
Meaning component
tree
Meaning component
holiday
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Simplified (栉)
tree+ knot =
comb
Meaning component
tree
Meaning component
jié knot
knot, node, joint
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Notes
Historical Evolution
Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)
Clerical
Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)
Regular
Modern
Chinese
/ [zhì]
comb; to comb; to weed out; to eliminate; Taiwan pr. [jié]
Japanese
くし クシ 同音
noun comb
Example Sentences
Japanese Names
くし
Kushi surname
くしさき
Kushisaki surname
くしはま
Kushihama surname