Chinese Character Dictionary

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Stroke order, structure, pinyin, zhuyin, romanization, words and explanations for ""

Basic information
Strokes: 8 Radical: 艹 Structure: 上下结构 繁体:
Pinyin: jīng Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄥ Yueping: ging3/hang4/hang1 Guangdong: ging3/heng4/heng1
Minnan: hêng、keng、khek、kheng Chaozhou: Tang:
Stroke order:
Words:茎干一茎九穗一茎六穗五茎六茎匍匐茎咸茎地上茎地下茎块茎微茎攀援茎攀缘茎文茎明茎草木质茎枯茎枲茎
Idioms:枯茎朽骨
Xiehouyu:麻茎当秤杆----没个准儿
English meaning: stem, stalk
Detailed explanations by pronunciation
Pinyin 1: jīng
Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄥ
(形声。从艸,巠声。本义:植物的主干)
同本义 茎,枝柱也。谓众枝之主。——《说文》<br>茎,本也。——《广雅》。按,字从艸,艸曰茎,木日干。散文则草木枝亦皆曰茎。<br>西方有木焉,名曰射干,茎长四寸。——《荀子·劝学》
又如:块茎;根茎;球茎;鳞茎;地上茎;地下茎;茎立(像草茎一样的直立);茎英(古乐名)
柱;竿 抗仙掌以承露,擢双立之金茎。——《后汉书》
小枝 茎,小枝也。——唐·慧琳《一切经音义》
器物的柄 桃氏为剑,腊广二寸有半寸…以其腊广为之茎围,长倍之。——《周礼》
指长条形的东西。如:数茎小草;数茎白发;几茎苗;加葱九茎