茴
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(bound form) fennel
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 艸 +6
- Structure
- Top–bottom 上下
- Traditional
- 茴
- Common rank
- #2,965
- Unicode
- U+8334
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Formation & memory
Break the character into parts you already know.
Words with 茴
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 阿拉伯茴香 | see 孜然[zi1 ran2], cumin | |
| 八角茴香 | Chinese anise; star anise; Fructus Anisi Stellati | |
| 安息茴香 | see 孜然[zi1 ran2], cumin | |
| 藏茴香果 | caraway | |
| 大茴香 | Chinese anise; star anise | |
| 小茴香 | fennel; fennel seed | |
| 土茴香 | dill seed | |
| 野小茴 | dill seed | |
| 茴香豆 | star anise-flavored fava beans (snack from Shaoxing, Zhejiang province) | |
| 茴香 | fennel (Foeniculum vulgare) | |
| 茴香籽 | cumin; fennel seed | |
| 茴芹 | anise (Pimpinella anisum); aniseed; chervil (Anthriscus cerefolium) |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 回 — compare how they read.
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 回 sound part | to return, to turn around; a time | |
| 蛔 | tapeworm |