菥

菥 · xī

pennycress

Entry ↗

Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

Mandarin
xī
Cantonese
sik1
Definition source
Unihan kDefinition

pennycress

Dictionary definitions & readings

菥 xī · used in 菥蓂 xī mì

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Readings & dictionary references

HDZ · Mandarin readings and locators
53230.070:xī,sī Source property ↗
TGHZ 2013 · Mandarin readings and locators
391.210:xī Source property ↗
SMSZD 2003 · Mandarin and Cantonese
xī粵sik1 Source property ↗
Japanese · kana
セキ シャク シ Source property ↗
Fanqie pairs
息移 先擊 Source property ↗
Cangjie input code
TDHL Source property ↗
Four-corner lookup codes
4492.1 Source property ↗
Kangxi · dictionary positions
1038.300 Source property ↗
Song Ben Guang Yun · dictionary positions
048.17 520.16 Source property ↗

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+83E5
Radical
艸 · 140
Strokes
11
Residual strokes
8
Standard list
通用规范汉字表 · level 3 · #7122

Source record, not an individually reviewed etymological dossier.

Stroke order

11 strokes
菥
Strokes
11
Convention
PRC · Make Me a Hanzi

11 strokes in writing order. Play to watch them, or Step through one at a time.

Modern stroke order; regional conventions can differ. Stroke medians: Make Me a Hanzi via HanziLookupJS, drawn as an even pen line.

Words & connections

Dictionary & examples

History & distinctions

Related forms

No simplified/traditional variant assertion retained.

Historical readings

Middle Chinese
sje · 息移 · 止開三平支心 · #119
Middle Chinese
sek · 先擊 · 梗開四入青心 · #3670

PHONO-ML, source line 1082; CC BY 4.0. Source-generated reading categories, not modern pronunciation. Attribution & limitations.

Sources & reference

Evidence

Unihan 17.0.0 · Unicode License V3 · Official-list coverage

Exact Unihan properties
kCihaiT
1147.605
kDaeJaweon
1497.030
kHanYu
53230.070
kIRGDaeJaweon
1497.030
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
53230.070
kIRGKangXi
1038.300
kKangXi
1038.300
kMorohashi
31200:E0102
kSBGY
048.17 520.16
kSMSZD2003Index
588.07
kCangjie
TDHL
kFourCornerCode
4492.1
kMojiJoho
MJ022133 MJ022133:E0101 MJ022134:E0102
kPhonetic
1192*
kUnihanCore2020
GHMT
kIRG_GSource
G0-5D3E
kIRG_HSource
HB2-DB6F
kIRG_JSource
J4-763F
kIRG_KPSource
KP1-6E44
kIRG_KSource
K2-582F
kIRG_TSource
T2-3F54
kRSUnicode
140.8
kTotalStrokes
11
kBigFive
DB6F
kCCCII
227E72
kCNS1986
2-3F54
kCNS1992
2-3F54
kEACC
227E72
kGB0
6130
kGB1
6130
kJIS0213
2,86,31
kTGH
2013:7122
kXerox
321:061
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6
C+18503+140.3.8
kCantonese
sik1
kDefinition
pennycress
kFanqie
息移 先擊
kHanyuPinyin
53230.070:xī,sī
kJapanese
セキ シャク シ
kMandarin
xī
kSMSZD2003Readings
xī粵sik1
kTGHZ2013
391.210:xī

Sentences in context

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Structure & connections

0.10
2dictionary records using 菥0forms using this shape0attributed sound links
⿱ Above / below

Shape description
艹 above 析 · the shape used in China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, North Korea
Source notation ^⿱艹析$(GHTJKP)
BabelStone · 2025-06-27. Encoded shape and region tags; graphical analysis does not establish historical function.

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Retained descriptions & scope

^⿱艹析$(GHTJKP)

All alternatives are retained. Only the first description drives component search and graphical links. Counts describe this snapshot, not frequency. Evidence and method.