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芴
🇹🇼🇭🇰🇨🇳

suddenly

HSK 10
Nature →Plants →Grasses
hū
Components
艹 grass (top)+ 勿 not =
芴 suddenly
艹 Meaning component
cao grass (top)
grass
plant
勿 Phonetic component
wù not
must not, do not
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Notes
Similar Characters
春 springtime甍 rafters supporting roof盖 hide (simp)着 arrive/wear繭 cocoon (trad/jp)艺 art (simp)艻 sweet basil艽 a root艾 Chinese mugwort艿 taro节 knot (simp)芄 Metaplexis stauntoni芊 exuberant and vigorous芋 taro芍 peony芎 a kind of herb芏 Cyperus malaccensis芑 white millet芒 mango芗 fragrant smell of grain (simp)
Historical Evolution
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
芴
Regular
Modern
Chinese
芴 [hū]
(old) vaguely; suddenly
芴 [wù]
fluorene C13H10; (old) name of an edible wild plant
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