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莪

é
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 zedoary (Curcuma zedoaria)
  2. 2 artemisia (a riverside herb)

Examples

HSK 7-9
莪术是类似姜黄的根茎药材。
É shù shì lèisì jiānghuáng de gēnjīng yàocái.
Zedoary is a rhizome herb similar to turmeric, used in medicine.
HSK 7-9
茂盛的莪蒿长在水边。
Màoshèng de é hāo zhǎng zài shuǐbiān.
The lush artemisia grows by the riverbank.

Tips

usage
莪 names two plants: in 莪术 it is zedoary, a turmeric-like medicinal rhizome; in 莪蒿 it is a riverside artemisia whose tender shoots are edible.

Components

radical
艹 cǎo
grass; plant
艹 is the grass radical 草 in top form, marking the character as a plant name, here a medicinal rhizome and a riverside herb.
phonetic
我 wǒ
I; me
我 supplies the sound, drifted from wǒ to é. It is purely the phonetic element, the same role it plays in 鹅 and 饿.

Stroke Order

莪 é