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蓖

bì
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 (in 蓖麻) the castor-oil plant

Examples

蓖麻的种子可以榨出蓖麻油。
Bìmá de zhǒngzi kěyǐ zhà chū bìmáyóu.
Castor oil is pressed from castor-plant seeds.
村里的地边长着蓖麻。
Cūn lǐ de dì biān zhǎng zhe bìmá.
Castor plants grow along the field edges of the village.

Tips

usage
Bound form — 蓖 occurs only in 蓖麻 (the castor-oil plant) and its product 蓖麻油 ('castor oil'). Don't confuse it with the look-alike 篦 ('fine-toothed comb').

Components

radical
艹 cǎo
grass; plant
Top is the grass radical 艹, the standard marker for plant names — here the castor-oil plant.
phonetic
比 bǐ
to compare; sound element
Below the grass cap, 比 is the sound part; the reading shifts tone to 蓖.
phonetic
畀 bì
to give; sound element
The lower element 畀 reinforces the bì reading; together with 比 it forms the doubled phonetic body under the grass radical.

Stroke Order

蓖 bì