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稗
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weeds

HSK 10
Nature →Plants
bài
ハイ、ヒ
ひえ
패
Components
禾 standing grain+ 卑 lowly =
稗 weeds
禾 Meaning component
hé standing grain
grain still on stalk
grain
卑 Phonetic component
bēi lowly
humble, low, inferior
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Notes
Similar Characters
兼 double利 profit委 committee年 year朵 flouds秀 elegant秉 wield秊 harvest-year (archaic)秋 autumn稟 report to (trad)穆 reverent囷 round-shaped storage bin季 seasons犂 plow (iii)禿 bald (trad)私 private秃 bald (simp)秆 grain (simp)种 race (simp)科 department
Historical Evolution
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical
Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
稗
Regular
Modern
Chinese
稗 [bài]
barnyard millet (Echinochloa crus-galli); Panicum crus-galli; (literary) insignificant; trivial
Japanese
稗 ひえ 、 ヒエ 同音
noun usually kana barnyard millet (Echinochloa esculenta); Japanese millet; sanwa millet
Example Sentences
Japanese Names
稗 はし
Hashi surname
稗 ひえ
Hie surname
CHINESE WORDS (1)
稗官 [bài​guān]
petty official charged with reporting back to the ruler on what people in a locality are talking about (old)
JAPANESE WORDS (7)
稗史 [はいし] #131,686
people's history (written for the king of China; usu. written as a novel)
裨益 [ひえき] #167,603
benefit
稗官 [はいかん] #266,246
petty official responsible for collecting public gossip and presenting it to the king (in ancient China)
雀の稗 [すずめのひえ] #274,737
Japanese paspalum (Paspalum thunbergii)
唐人稗 [とうじんびえ]
pearl millet (Pennisetum glaucum)
四国稗 [しこくびえ]
finger millet (Eleusine coracana)
雀の子稗 [すずめのこびえ]
Kodo millet (Paspalum scrobiculatum)