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荸

bí
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 water chestnut (only used in the word 荸荠)

Examples

荸荠吃起来又甜又脆。
Bíqí chī qǐlái yòu tián yòu cuì.
Water chestnuts taste sweet and crisp.

Tips

usage
荸 never stands alone. It occurs only in 荸荠, the water chestnut — a marsh plant whose crunchy corm is eaten as a vegetable and fruit. Tap it here because it shows up in character breakdowns of that word.

Components

radical
艹 cǎo
grass; plant
The 'grass' top marks 荸 as a plant name and is its indexing radical.
phonetic
孛 bó
vigorous growth; phonetic element
The lower element supplies the sound for 荸 and originally suggested something sprouting up vigorously.

Stroke Order

荸 bí