刍
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to mow or cut grass; hay; straw; fodder
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How 刍 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
⺈ (semantic, “knife”) + 彐 (phonetic, jì)
components: ⺈ 彐
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 彐
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 彐 (jì) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 彐 sound component | jì | snout |
| 雪 | xuě | snow; wipe away shame, avenge |
| 灵 | líng | spirit, soul; spiritual world |
| 浸 | jìn | to dip, to immerse, to soak; to percolate, to steep |
Words containing 刍
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 反刍动物 | fǎn chú dòng wù | ruminant |
| 反刍 | fǎn chú | to ruminate; to chew the cud |
| 刍狗 | chú gǒu | (literary) straw dog used as a ritual offering in ancient China (treated with reverence du… |
| 刍议 | chú yì | lit. grass-cutter's comment (humble); fig. my observation as a humble layman; my humble op… |
| 反裘负刍 | fǎn qiú fù chú | lit. to wear one's coat inside out and carry firewood on one's back (idiom); fig. to live … |
| 刍粮 | chú liáng | army provisions |
| 刍豢 | chú huàn | livestock; farm animals |
| 刍秣 | chú mò | hay; fodder |
| 刍荛 | chú ráo | to mow grass and cut firewood; grass mower; woodman |