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芹
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celery

HSK 10 N1
Human →Body
qín
キン
せり
근
Phonosemantic compound. 艹 represents the meaning and 斤 represents the sound.
Components
艹 grass (top)+ 斤 catty =
芹 celery
艹 Meaning component
cao grass (top)
grass
艹 is a component form of 艸.
斤 Phonetic component
jīn catty
a catty (approximately 500 g)
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Notes
Similar Characters
蕲 variety (simp)蘄 variety (trad)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
Historical Evolution
Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
芹
Regular
Modern
Chinese
芹 [qín]
Chinese celery
Japanese
芹 、 芹子 、 水芹 せり 、 セリ 同音
noun usually kana Java water dropwort (Oenanthe javanica); Japanese parsley
Example Sentences
Japanese Names
芹 きん
Kin female given name
芹 せり
Seri female given namesurname
CHINESE WORDS (17)
芹菜 [qín​cài] #19,989
celery (Apium graveolens)
曹雪芹 [Cáo​Xuě​qín] #25,938
Cao Xueqin (c. 1715-c. 1764), accepted author of A Dream of Red Mansions 紅樓夢|红楼梦[Hóng​lóu​Mèng]
欧芹 [ōu​qín] #46,130
parsley (Petroselinum sativum)
欧芹 [ōu​qín] #46,130
parsley (Petroselinum sativum)
西芹 [xī​qín] #66,310
celery
刺芹菇 [cì​qín​gū]
king trumpet mushroom (Pleurotus eryngii)
大星芹 [dà​xīng​qín]
great masterwort (Astrantia major)
孜然芹 [zī​rán​qín]
cumin
海刺芹 [hǎi​cì​qín]
sea holly (Eryngium maritimum)
皱叶欧芹 [zhòu​yè​'ōu​qín]
curled-leaf parsley (Petroselinum crispum)
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JAPANESE WORDS (8)
芹 [せり] #45,068
Java water dropwort (Oenanthe javanica)
セリ科 [セリか] #203,717
Apiaceae (parsley family of plants)
オランダ芹 [オランダぜり]
parsley (Petroselinum crispum)
三葉芹 [みつばぜり]
mitsuba (Cryptotaenia japonica)
毒芹 [どくぜり]
Mackenzie's water hemlock (Cicuta virosa)
浜芹 [はまぜり]
Cnidium japonicum (species of umbellifer)
献芹 [けんきん]
(giving a) small present
芹菜 [キンサイ]
Chinese celery