蓍草

shīcǎo

noun

Meanings

1 yarrow
2 milfoil

Characters

Examples

HSK 6

山坡上长满了开白花的蓍草。

Shānpō shàng zhǎngmǎn le kāi bái huā de shīcǎo.

The hillside is covered in white-flowered yarrow.

HSK 7-9

古人用五十根蓍草来占卜。

Gǔrén yòng wǔshí gēn shīcǎo lái zhānbǔ.

The ancients used fifty yarrow stalks for divination.

Tips

culture

Consulting the 易经 meant sorting fifty yarrow stalks into piles. Divining with yarrow was 筮, divining with tortoise shell 卜: the two classic methods of ancient China.

Stroke Order

蓍 shī

草 cǎo