麃 (biāo): (classical) to weed; to till

Meanings

1 (classical) to weed; to till
2 (classical, read páo) a roe deer

Characters

麃

biāo

to weed; roe deer

Examples

厌厌其苗，绵绵其麃。

Yān yān qí miáo, miánmián qí biāo.

Lush their seedlings, on and on they weed.

Tips

history

麃 is not used independently in modern Chinese. Read biāo it meant to weed (a borrowed use for 穮); read páo it meant a roe deer, the ancestor of 狍. It is known mainly from a 诗经 line.

register

Archaic; appears in classical poetry and etymology notes only.

Components

radical

鹿 lù

deer

鹿 (deer) is the radical and carries the original deer meaning of the páo reading; the weeding sense is a later borrowing of the same character.

pictograph

灬 huǒ

the deer's legs

灬 here is not fire but the four running legs of the deer drawn under the body, completing the animal picture.

Stroke Order

麃 biāo

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