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芍

sháo / què
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 Chinese peony (Paeonia lactiflora)

Examples

HSK 5
芍药根是常用的中药。
Sháoyao gēn shì chángyòng de zhōngyào.
Peony root is a common ingredient in traditional Chinese medicine.
HSK 7-9
花园里的芍药开得正盛。
Huāyuán lǐ de sháoyao kāi de zhèng shèng.
The peonies in the garden are in full bloom.

Tips

usage
Nearly always seen in the two-syllable word 芍药 (peony). Don't confuse the peony with the tree peony 牡丹 - they look alike but are different plants.

Components

radical
艹 cǎo
grass; plant
Grass radical on top, the cap-form of 草. It marks this as a plant name - here a flowering herb. Same family as 花 flower, 茶 tea, 药 medicinal herb.
phonetic
勺 sháo
spoon; ladle
Bottom 勺 supplies the sound sháo directly - a ladle shape lending only its reading, not its meaning, to this flower name.

Stroke Order

芍 sháo