Chinese Character Dictionary

This dictionary collects useful information about Chinese characters, including stroke order, structure, pinyin, zhuyin, Cantonese romanization, Minnan romanization, Chaozhou romanization, words, idioms and explanations.
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Stroke order, structure, pinyin, zhuyin, romanization, words and explanations for ""

Basic information
Strokes: 9 Radical: 艹 Structure: 上下结构
Pinyin: cí Zhuyin: ㄘˊ Yueping: chi4 Guangdong: qi4
Minnan: chu、chû Chaozhou: Tang: dzhi
Stroke order:
Words:塱茨墙茨如茨属茨棘茨苗茨苫茨茨宇茨棘茨檐茨茅茨草茨莨茨菰茨藿茨门蓬茨干茨腊
Idioms:土阶茅茨茅茨不翦茅茨不翦,采椽不斫茅茨土阶茨棘之间
Xiehouyu:
English meaning: thatching; caltrop, Tribulus terrestris
Detailed explanations by pronunciation
Pinyin 1: cí
Zhuyin: ㄘˊ
(形声。从艸,次声。本义:用芦苇、茅草盖屋顶) 同本义 茨,以茅苇盖屋。——《说文》<br>环堵之室,茨以生草。——《庄子·让王》
用芦苇、茅草盖的屋顶 尧之王天下也,茅茨不剪,采椽不斫。——《韩非子·五蠹》
又如:茨宇(茅屋);茨竹(用茅草和竹子搭盖的房子);茨檐(茅舍,民房)
蒺藜 墙有茨,不可埽也。——《诗·鄘风·墙有茨》<br>楚楚者茨,言抽其棘。——《诗·小雅·楚茨》
又如:茨门(茅草,芦苇所做的门);茨棘(茅草与荆棘。比喻荒野)