漢字Kanji · in Textiles, Plants & Food
芹: parsley
JLPT N17 strokesName kanji (jinmeiyō)Your ink: 白 Not met
艹 carries the meaning · 斤 is drawn in
7 strokes
Two readings, and the words that use each
キンkin · on'yomi · in compounds
- 芹菜キンサイChinese celery; leaf celery
せりseri · kun'yomi · on its own
- 芹せりJava water dropwort (Oenanthe javanica)
- 芹科せりかApiaceae (parsley family of plants)
Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Grass growing on top! Like a green crown upon the earth, this radical sits above kanji related to flowers, herbs, and vegetation.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · qín
Same form: 芹 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).
- Simplified
- 芹 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 芹 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin qín most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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