niè

stump

Components
薛 sound component

  Sound component

xuē

  

kind of marsh grass

木 meaning component

  Meaning component

  

tree

tree

Evolution

蘖 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
蘖 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
蘖 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
蘖 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

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niè

stump, sprout; new shoot growing from cut branch or stump

Most common words with 蘖
Freq.
Word
Meaning

分蘖

tiller (stem at the base of grass plants)

new shoot growing from cut branch or stump

蘖枝

branch stem

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

5666th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

20

Traditional

Unicode

U+8616


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