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艾

ài, yì

mugwort, Artemisia vulgaris; used in transliterations

🔤 Pictophonetic: 艹 (grass) provides meaning, 乂 provides pronunciation
HSK 5 strokes Common (13%)
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Component Breakdown

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艹
cǎo
grass, weed, plant, herb
乂
yì
to govern; to control; to nurture
⿱艹乂 i

Stroke Order

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Component Tree i

cǎo
艹
grass, weed, plant, herb
📷 Pictographic: Simplified form of 艸; grass sprouting
3 strokes
yì
乂
to govern; to control; to nurture
💡 Ideographic: Shears, for cultivating a garden
2 strokes

Words Using 艾 (78)

ài
艾 ↗
Chinese mugwort or wormwood / to stop or cut short / phonetic "ai" or "i" / abbr. for [[艾滋病<àizībìng>]], AIDS
Ài
艾 ↗
surname Ai
yì
艾 ↗
to mow / to cut / to reap / to redress
àizībìng
艾滋病 ↗
AIDS (loanword)
àizī
艾滋 ↗
AIDS (loanword) / see also [[愛滋病|爱滋病<àizībìng>]]
kǔàijiǔ
苦艾酒 ↗
absinthe (distilled anise-based liquor)
kǔài
苦艾 ↗
wormwood / Artemisia absinthium
fāngzīwèiài
方滋未艾 ↗
flourishing and still in the ascendant (idiom); rapidly expanding / still growing strong / on the up
Tuōmǎsī·Sìtèēnsī·Àilüètè
托马斯・斯特恩斯・艾略特 ↗
T. S. Eliot (1888-1965), English poet
Dàwèi·Àidēngbǎo
大卫・艾登堡 ↗
David Attenborough (1926-), British naturalist and broadcaster, author of Life on Earth [[地球上的生物<dìqiúshàngdeshēngwù>]]
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