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薺
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荠
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water-chestnuts

HSK 10
Nature →Plants →Grasses
jì
セイ、ザイ
ひと、ととの.える、なずな
제, 자
Components
Traditional (薺)
艹 grass (top)+ 齊 identical =
薺 water-chestnuts
艹 Meaning component
cao grass (top)
grass
plant
齊 Phonetic component
identical
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Simplified (荠)
艹 grass (top)+ 齐 equal =
荠 water-chestnuts
艹 Meaning component
cao grass (top)
grass
plant
齐 Phonetic component
qí equal
even, uniform, of equal length
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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
Bronze Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)
Bronze
Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)
Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
薺
Regular
Modern
Chinese
荠 / 薺 [jì]
see 薺菜|荠菜[jì​cài]
荠 / 薺 [qí]
water chestnut
Japanese
薺 なずな 、 ナズナ 同音
noun usually kana shepherd's purse (Capsella bursa-pastoris)
Example Sentences
Japanese Names
薺 なずな
Nazuna female given name
CHINESE WORDS (2)
荠菜 [jì​cài] #53,367
shepherd's purse (Capsella bursa-pastoris)
荸荠 [bí​qí] #36,018
Chinese water chestnut
JAPANESE WORDS (3)
犬薺 [いぬなずな]
woodland draba (Draba nemorosa)
白犬薺 [しろいぬなずな]
thale cress (Arabidopsis thaliana)
紫薺 [むらさきなずな]
purple rock cress (Aubrietia deltoidea)