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苣

jù / qǔ
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 (in 莴苣) lettuce

Examples

HSK 7-9
我在市场买了一棵莴苣。
Wǒ zài shìchǎng mǎi le yì kē wōjù.
I bought a head of lettuce at the market.
HSK 7-9
莴苣可以生吃也可以清炒。
Wōjù kěyǐ shēngchī yě kěyǐ qīngchǎo.
Lettuce can be eaten raw or stir-fried.

Tips

usage
Read 苣 in 莴苣 (lettuce), the everyday vegetable. A separate reading qǔ is used only in the plant name 苣荬菜 (a kind of sowthistle).

Components

radical
艹 cǎo
grass; plant
Top 艹 is the grass radical 艸 in top form. It marks 苣 as a leafy plant - lettuce.
phonetic
巨 jù
huge
Below sits 巨 supplying the sound exactly (jù = jù). The same phonetic anchors 距 (distance) and 拒 (to refuse).

Stroke Order

苣 jù