韮

jiǔ
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 (variant) old form of 韭 (Chinese chives; leek)

Examples

HSK 7-9
Jiǔ shì jiǔcài de gǔ xiěfǎ.
This is an older written form of chives.

Tips

history
韮 is not used in modern Chinese; it is an old variant of 韭 (Chinese chives), formed by adding the grass radical 艹 on top of the original plant pictograph 韭 to make the plant sense explicit. Modern Chinese keeps only the plain 韭.
register
Archaic variant only; always write 韭 (as in 韭菜) today.

Components

radical
艹 cǎo
grass; plant
艹 is the grass radical, the top-position form of 草. It was added here only to label the character explicitly as a plant - the meaning was already complete in 韭 alone.
pictograph
韭 jiǔ
chives; leek
韭 is itself a pictograph: blades of chives growing in a row above the ground line. It already meant chives on its own; 韮 just dresses it with a redundant grass cap.

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

Stroke Order

韮 jiǔ