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秸

jiē
noun #78,727

Meanings

  1. 1 the dry stalk of a grain crop left after threshing; straw

Examples

收割后，田里堆满了秸秆。
Shōugē hòu, tiánlǐ duī mǎn le jiēgǎn.
After the harvest, the fields are piled with crop straw.
焚烧秸秆会造成严重的空气污染。
Fénshāo jiēgǎn huì zàochéng yánzhòng de kōngqì wūrǎn.
Burning crop straw causes serious air pollution.

Tips

usage
秸 almost always appears in 秸秆 ('crop straw, the dry stalks left after threshing'). It is a common rural and environmental-news word, since stubble burning is a known pollution source.

Components

radical
禾 hé
grain; standing crop
禾 is the grain radical, a picture of a stalk of grain with a drooping head. It marks 秸 as part of a cereal plant, here the dry stalk.
phonetic
吉 jí
lucky; auspicious
吉 supplies the sound, shifted from jí to jiē. Its 'lucky' meaning is unrelated; it works only as the phonetic beside the grain radical.

Stroke Order

秸 jiē