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芥

🇹🇼🇭🇰🇨🇳🇯🇵🇰🇷

mustard plant

HSK 10

jiè

カイ、ケ

からし、ごみ、あくた

개

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

Components

艹 grass (top)+ 介 introduce =

芥 mustard plant

艹 Meaning component

cao grass (top)

grass

艹 is a component form of 艸.

介 Phonetic component

jiè introduce

forerunner, herald, harbinger

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Notes

Historical Evolution

Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)

Clerical

Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)

Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

芥

Regular

Modern

Chinese

芥 [gài]

see 芥藍|芥蓝[gàilán]

芥 [jiè]

mustard

Japanese

芥ごもく、ゴモク同音

noun usually kana kyb trash; rubbish; garbage

芥あくた同音

noun dated rubbish; trash; garbage; refuse; dirt

Example Sentences

Japanese Names

芥あくた

Akuta female given namesurname

芥かい

Kai unclassified name

芥かいじ

Kaiji unclassified name

CHINESE WORDS (24)

芥末 [jièmo] #8,475

芥菜 [jiècài] #37,657

leaf mustard (Brassica juncea)

芥蒂 [jièdì] #39,698

芥兰 [gàilán] #51,495

variant of 芥藍|芥蓝[gàilán]

芥兰 [gàilán] #51,495

variant of 芥藍|芥蓝[gàilán]

芥子气 [jièzǐqì] #60,333

芥子气 [jièzǐqì] #60,333

芥蓝 [gàilán] #54,093

Chinese broccoli

芥蓝 [gàilán] #54,093

Chinese broccoli

拾芥 [shíjiè] #70,950

to pick up cress

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JAPANESE WORDS (42)

⭐ 塵 [ちり] #25,902

⭐ 唐辛子 [とうがらし] #29,469

capsicum (Capsicum annuum, esp. the cultivated chili peppers)

塵芥 [じんかい] #33,649

⭐ ゴミ箱 [ごみばこ] #40,048

⭐ 辛子 [からし] #58,513

生ゴミ [なまごみ] #62,781

ゴミ溜め [ゴミため] #66,821

芥川賞 [あくたがわしょう] #67,562

Akutagawa Prize (literary award)

芥子 [ケシ] #76,047

opium poppy (Papaver somniferum)

芥子粒 [けしつぶ] #79,988

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