茎
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stalk; stem; CL:條|条[tiao2]
- HSK 3.0
- Level 7–9
- Old HSK
- Level 6
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 艸 +5
- Structure
- Top–bottom 上下
- Traditional
- 莖
- Common rank
- #2,543
- Unicode
- U+830E
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Formation & memory
Break the character into parts you already know.
How 茎 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
grass
Components 艹
? unknown part
How to remember it
plant stem · Heisig RSH #2405
flower + spool
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words with 茎
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 地下茎 | (botany) underground stem | |
| 根状茎 | rhizome (biol.); root stock | |
| 阴茎套 | condom; CL:隻|只[zhi1] | |
| 球茎 | (botany) corm | |
| 包茎 | phimosis (medicine) | |
| 茎干 | stem; stalk | |
| 矮茎朱砂根 | short-stem Ardisia (Ardisia brevicaulis) | |
| 玉茎 | (literary) penis | |
| 根茎 | (botany) rhizome | |
| 麻茎 | hemp straw | |
| 阴茎 | penis | |
| 簇茎石竹 | boreal carnation or northern pink; Dianthus repens (botany) | |
| 残茎 | stubble (the stems of plants after harvest) | |
| 块茎 | (botany) a (stem) tuber | |
| 羽茎 | quill | |
| 缠绕茎 | vine; twining stem | |
| 鳞茎 | (botany) bulb | |
| 匍匐茎 | (botany) stolon |