Chinese Word: 苡 - Talking Chinese English Dictionary

苡

Pinyin: yǐ

English Definition: common plantain (Plantago major)

Chinese Definition:
①(薏苡)见“薏”。

Total strokes: 8; Radical: 艸

Pictophonetic:以 indicates the sound; 艹 (grass) conveys the meaning.

Character Formation:

⿱ Above to below
- 艹 [ cǎo ] grass, weed, plant, herb
- 以 [ yǐ ] according to; so as to; because of; then

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	薏苡	yì yǐ	Job's tears plant (Coix lacryma-jobi); Chinese pearl barley
	苡米	yǐ mǐ	grains of Job's tears plant 薏苡

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