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蓍
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milfoil

HSK 10
Nature →Plants →Herbs
shī
シ
めどぎ
시
Components
艹 grass (top)+ 耆 man of sixty =
蓍 milfoil
艹 Meaning component
cao grass (top)
grass
plant
耆 Phonetic component
qí man of sixty
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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 Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Seal
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
蓍
Regular
Modern
Chinese
蓍 [shī]
yarrow (Achillea millefolium)
Japanese
蓍 めど 同音

noun

  1. archaic Chinese lespedeza
  2. archaic divination sticks
  3. archaic fortune-telling (using divination sticks)
筮 、 蓍 めどぎ 、 めどき 同音
noun divination sticks
Example Sentences
JAPANESE WORDS (3)
筮 [めどぎ] #135,548
divination sticks
蓍萩 [めどはぎ] #276,059
Chinese lespedeza (Lespedeza cuneata)
蓍木 [めどぎ]
Chinese lespedeza (Lespedeza cuneata)