卉

huì
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 plants
  2. 2 flowers (collective term)

Examples

HSK 7-9
花园里种满了奇花异卉。
Huāyuán lǐ zhòng mǎn le qíhuāyìhuì.
The garden is full of rare and exotic flowers and plants.
HSK 7-9
Tā cóngshì huāhuì shēngyi, mài pénzāi lǜzhí.
She works in the flower and plant trade, selling potted greenery.

Tips

usage
卉 is a collective word for plants and flowers, not a single bloom. The everyday compound is 花卉 (flowers and ornamental plants), used in gardening and the nursery trade.

Components

ideograph
十 shí
ten
The top stroke-cross is a stylized residue of a sprouting shoot, not the number ten. Together with the grass below it builds the picture of clustered growing plants.
semantic
艹 cǎo
grass; plants
The grass form at the base, picturing growing stalks. It carries the core meaning: 卉 is many plants together, a thicket of green.

Stroke Order

卉 huì