藉
2 readings · tap one to hear it
(literary) cushion; mat; (literary) to put some padding underneath
- Strokes
- 17
- Radical
- 艸 +14
- Structure
- Top–bottom 上下
- Traditional
- 藉
- Common rank
- #2,909
- Unicode
- U+85C9
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Formation & memory
Break the character into parts you already know.
How 藉 is formed
Ideographic compound (会意字)
A plow 耤 is the means used to grow crops 艹
Components 艹 耤
How to remember it
in disorder · Heisig RSH #2852
flower + Christmas tree + 昔 times past
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words with 藉
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 声名狼藉 | to have a bad reputation | |
| 杯盘狼藉 | cups and dishes in complete disorder (idiom); after a riotous drinking party | |
| 风流蕴藉 | temperate and refined | |
| 藉口 | to use as an excuse; on the pretext; excuse; pretext; also written 借口[jie4 kou3] | |
| 藉以 | variant of 借以[jie4 yi3] | |
| 藉由 | by means of; through; by | |
| 狼藉 | in a mess; scattered about; in complete disorder | |
| 枕藉 | to lie in total disorder; lying fallen over one another | |
| 凭藉 | to rely on; to depend on; by means of; thanks to; sth that one relies on; also written 憑借|… | |
| 慰藉 | to console; to comfort | |
| 蕴藉 | implicit; restrained; to be imbued with |