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Meaning of 茨

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Pinyin:
English Definition: Caltrop or puncture vine (Tribulus terrestris); to thatch (a roof)
Chinese Definition:
①用茅或苇覆盖房子:茅茨(用茅草覆盖屋顶)。茨宇(茅屋)。茨檐。茨门。
②蒺藜:茨藿(“藿”,野菜;指以茨藿充饥,引申为粗劣的食物)。
③积土填满:“茨其所决而高之。”
Total strokes: 9; Radical:
Pictophonetic: indicates the sound; (grass) conveys the meaning.
Character Formation:
  • Above to below
    • [ cǎo ] grass, weed, plant, herb
    • [ ] order, sequence; second, next; one after the other
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Example Words
科茨沃尔德 ěr the Cotswolds (England)
阿尔茨海默 ā ěr hǎi Alois Alzheimer (1864-1915), German psychiatrist and neuropathologist
阿尔茨海默氏症 ā ěr hǎi shì zhèng Alzheimer's disease; senile dementia
菲茨杰拉德 fēi jié Fitzgerald (name)
萨尔茨堡 ěr bǎo Salzburg
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Example Sentences
1
"That is" pursued the professor, "any medium, agency, or method of going form one place to another," Bolenciecwcz had the look of a man who is being led into a trap.
2
On the spines of books shelved in certain libraries and bookstores you will see OATES but this is a descriptive term, this is not a noun.