芝
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Zoysia pungens
- HSK 3.0
- Level 7–9
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 艸 +4
- Structure
- Top–bottom 上下
- Traditional
- 芝
- Common rank
- #1,867
- Unicode
- U+829D
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Formation & memory
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How to remember it
sesame · Heisig RSH #2252
flower + sign of Zorro
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words with 芝
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 阿芝特克人 | Aztec (person) | |
| 阿芝特克语 | Aztec language (Nahuatl) | |
| 芝加哥大学 | University of Chicago | |
| 芝麻小事 | trivial matter; trifle | |
| 芝兰之室 | lit. a room with irises and orchids (idiom); fig. in wealthy and pleasant company | |
| 林芝市 | Nyingchi, prefecture-level city in Tibet Autonomous Region 西藏自治區|西藏自治区[Xi1 zang4 Zi4 zhi4 … | |
| 芝兰玉树 | lit. orchids and jade trees (idiom); fig. a child with splendid future prospects | |
| 芝麻绿豆 | trivial; minute (size) | |
| 芝麻包 | sesame bun | |
| 芝麻油 | sesame oil | |
| 陈谷子烂芝麻 | lit. stale grain, overcooked sesame (idiom); fig. the same boring old gossip | |
| 芝麻菜 | (botany) arugula; rocket; roquette (subspecies Eruca vesicaria sativa) | |
| 芝麻官 | low ranking official; petty bureaucrat | |
| 芝加哥 | Chicago, USA | |
| 高仙芝 | Gao Xianzhi or Go Seonji (c. 702-756), Tang dynasty general of Goguryeo 高句麗|高句丽[Gao1 gou1 … | |
| 芝心 | stuffed crust (pizza); cheesy crust | |
| 王仙芝 | Wang Xianzhi, peasant leader during Huang Chao peasant uprising 黃巢起義|黄巢起义 875-884 in late … | |
| 东芝 | Toshiba, Japanese electronics company | |
| 林芝 | see 林芝市[Lin2 zhi1 Shi4] | |
| 芝兰 | lit. iris and orchid; fig. exalted sentiments; (expr. of praise for noble character, beaut… |