苔
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moss; lichen; liverwort
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 艸 +5
- Structure
- Top–bottom 上下
- Traditional
- 苔
- Common rank
- #2,831
- Unicode
- U+82D4
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Formation & memory
Break the character into parts you already know.
Words with 苔
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 西兰苔 | broccolini | |
| 紫菜苔 | variant of 紫菜薹[zi3 cai4 tai2] | |
| 生苔 | mossy | |
| 海苔 | nori | |
| 苔原 | tundra | |
| 青苔 | moss; lichen | |
| 叶苔 | liverwort (Jungermannia lanceolata) | |
| 绿苔 | green algae | |
| 银苔 | moss silver; silver in the form of fibers or branches | |
| 舌苔 | (TCM) coating on the tongue (examined for the purpose of diagnosis) | |
| 蒜苔 | variant of 蒜薹[suan4 tai2] | |
| 苔藓 | moss | |
| 藓苔 | moss |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 台 — compare how they read.
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 台 sound part | platform; unit; term of address | |
| 胎 | embryo, fetus; car tire | |
| 始 | to begin, to start; beginning | |
| 抬 | to carry, to lift, to raise | |
| 怡 | gladness, joy, pleasure; harmony | |
| 笞 | bamboo rod used for beatings | |
| 贻 | to hand down, to give to, to bequeath | |
| 怠 | idle; negligent, remiss; to neglect | |
| 殆 | almost, probably; danger, peril; to endanger | |
| 饴 | syrup; sweet-meat, sweet-cake | |
| 眙 | to gaze at; a place name | |
| 鲐 | mackerel; Pneumatophorus japonicus | |
| 跆 | to trample, to kick | |
| 炱 | soot | |
| 绐 | to pretend, to fool, to cheat | |
| 诒 | to bequeath, to pass on | |
| 迨 | while, until; to seize, to arrest | |
| 邰 | a state in Shanxi province; surname | |
| 骀 | tired old horse; tired, exhaused |