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薊
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蓟
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circium

HSK 10
Nature →Plants
Jì, jì
ケイ、キ、カイ、ケ
あざみ、さく、とげ
계
Components
Traditional (薊)
艹 grass (top) =
薊 circium
艹 Meaning component
cao grass (top)
grass
plant
魝 Phonetic component
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Simplified (蓟)
艹 grass (top)+ 鱼 Yu (surname)+ 刂 knife (side) =
蓟 circium
艹 Meaning component
cao grass (top)
grass
plant
鱼 Phonetic component
yú Yu (surname)
fish
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刂
dāo knife (side)
knife
Notes
Similar Characters
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Historical Evolution
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Seal
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Seal Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Seal
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)
Clerical
Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)
蓟
Regular
Modern
Chinese
蓟 / 薊 [Jì]
surname Ji; ancient Chinese city state near modern day Beijing
蓟 / 薊 [jì]
cirsium; thistle
Japanese
薊 あざみ 、 アザミ 同音
noun usually kana thistle (Cirsium spp.)
Example Sentences
Japanese Names
薊 あざみ
Azami female given namesurname
CHINESE WORDS (4)
蓟县 [Jì​xiàn] #34,243
Ji county in Tianjin 天津[Tiān​jīn]
洋蓟 [yáng​jì]
artichoke
蓟城 [Jì​chéng]
old name for Beijing 北京[Běi​jīng]
蓟马 [jì​mǎ]
(zoology) thrips (order Thysanoptera)
JAPANESE WORDS (12)
野薊 [のあざみ] #238,069
Japanese thistle (Cirsium japonicum)
マリア薊 [マリアあざみ]
milk thistle (Silybum marianum)
吾妻山薊 [あずまやまあざみ]
Azumayama thistle
姫薊 [ひめあざみ]
himeazami (Cirsium buergeri)
富士薊 [ふじあざみ]
Fuji thistle
朝鮮薊 [ちょうせんあざみ]
globe artichoke (Cynara scolymus)
森薊 [もりあざみ]
Cirsium dipsacolepis (perennial plant of the thistle family)
牛蒡薊 [ごぼうあざみ]
Cirsium dipsacolepis (perennial plant of the thistle family)
狐薊 [きつねあざみ]
Hemisteptia lyrata
薊芥子 [あざみげし]
Mexican prickly poppy (Argemone mexicana)
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