芥 jiè — mustard greens · English

芥

jiè

mustard greens

At a glance · 芥

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Evolution of the glyph

Five stages, from a sketch of the real object to regular script — tap a stage, drag the timeline, or play the animation.

Object sketchBefore writing · drawing what was seen
Oracle boneShang dynasty · c. 1300–1046 BCE
Seal scriptQin dynasty · 221–206 BCE
Clerical scriptHan dynasty · 206 BCE–220 CE
Regular scriptWei–Jin to Tang · c. 3rd–9th century CE

Object sketchBefore writing · drawing what was seenOracle boneShang dynasty · c. 1300–1046 BCESeal scriptQin dynasty · 221–206 BCEClerical scriptHan dynasty · 206 BCE–220 CERegular scriptWei–Jin to Tang · c. 3rd–9th century CE

⚠ Some ancient forms are not attested：oracle bone form。No excavated oracle bone / seal artifact is attested for this character yet; we leave it blank rather than fabricate.

芥字小篆从艸介声，为形声字；本义为芥菜，小草。甲骨文未见。

What the sketch shows

Origins & notes

芥本义为芥菜，亦喻微小。

Structure

形声字，上部『艸』为意符，下部『介』为声符。

At a glance

Pinyinjiè

Radical艹

Strokes8

UnicodeU+82A5

Character type形声

Theme植物

Six languages, one character

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English mustard greens Jie is a phonetic-semantic character meaning mustard greens.

Français moutarde Jie est un caractère phonético-sémantique signifiant la moutarde.

Español mostaza Jie es un carácter fonosemántico que significa mostaza.

العربية خردل جيه حرف صوتي دلالي يعني الخردل.

Русский горчица Цзе — фоносемантический знак, означающий горчицу.

Common words

芥菜jiè càimustard greens
芥末jiè mòmustard

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