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葎

lǜ
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 (in 葎草) Japanese hop, a climbing weed

Examples

HSK 7-9
葎草野生在路边和田埂上。
Lǜcǎo yěshēng zài lùbiān hé tián gěng shàng.
Japanese hop grows wild along roadsides and field edges.
HSK 7-9
葎草的茎上有小刺，容易划伤皮肤。
Lǜcǎo de jīng shàng yǒu xiǎocì, róngyì huáshāng pífū.
The stem of the Japanese hop has small barbs and easily scratches the skin.

Tips

usage
葎 is a bound character used only in 葎草 ('Japanese hop'), a rough climbing weed common across China and used in folk medicine.

Components

radical
艹 cǎo
grass; plant
艹 is the grass radical on top, the standard marker for plant names - fitting for the climbing weed 葎.
phonetic
律 lǜ
law; rule (phonetic)
律 ('law') under the grass radical supplies the exact sound lǜ with no tone change and no meaning contribution.

No stroke data for 葎; the glyph shown is your device font, so component strokes can't be highlighted.

Stroke Order

葎 lǜ