蒿
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celery wormwood (Artemisia carvifolia); to give off; to weed
- Strokes
- 13
- Radical
- 艸 +10
- Structure
- Top–bottom 上下
- Traditional
- 蒿
- Common rank
- #3,252
- Unicode
- U+84BF
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Formation & memory
Break the character into parts you already know.
Words with 蒿
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 伤心蒿目 | to grieve; broken-hearted | |
| 青蒿素 | Arteannuin (anti-malaria chemical); Artemisinin; Qinghaosu | |
| 矮脚苦蒿 | see 熊膽草|熊胆草[xiong2 dan3 cao3] | |
| 菌陈蒿 | tarragon | |
| 龙蒿 | tarragon | |
| 蛇蒿 | tarragon | |
| 艾蒿 | mugwort (Artemisia) | |
| 页蒿 | caraway | |
| 茼蒿 | crown daisy; garland chrysanthemum (Glebionis coronaria) |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 高 — compare how they read.
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 高 sound part | tall, lofty; high, elevated | |
| 豪 | brave, heroic, chivalrous | |
| 膏 | grease, fat; ointment, paste | |
| 稿 | draft, manuscript, rough copy | |
| 敲 | to hammer, to pound, to strike | |
| 搞 | to do, to fix, to make, to settle | |
| 镐 | stove; bright | |
| 槁 | to wither; withered, rotten, dead | |
| 篙 | a pole used to punt a boat | |
| 犒 | victory feast; to throw a banquet | |
| 缟 | plain white silk | |
| 暠 | daybreak; brilliant, bright |