chǎi

Evolution

茝 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
茝 Clerical script Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)

Clerical script

Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
茝 Seal script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Seal script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
茝 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Definitions

 

chǎi

aromatic plant, possibly Dahurian angelica 白芷[bái​zhǐ] (archaic)

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*t-qəʔ

tsyiX

zhǐ

Iris


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

7614th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

10

Unicode

U+831D

Shuowen

“茝,虈也。从艸,聲。”


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