艾
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Chinese mugwort (Artemisia); moxa; used in transliteration
5 strokes
Dict coverage rank #1,018 U+827E
How 艾 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
艹 (semantic, “grass”) + 乂 (phonetic, yì)
components: 艹 乂
How to remember it
Chinese mugwort · Heisig RSH #2533
flower + sheaf
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 乂
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 乂 (yì) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 乂 sound component | yì | to govern; to control; to nurture |
| 义 | yì | right conduct, propriety; justice |
| 肴 | yáo | cooked or prepared meat |
| 刈 | yì | to cut off, to reap, to mow; sickle |
Words containing 艾
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 艾赛克斯 | Ài sài kè sī | Essex (English county) |
| 艾尔米塔奇 | Ài ěr mǐ tǎ jī | Ermitazh or Hermitage museum in St Peterburg |
| 布宜诺斯艾利斯 | Bù yí nuò sī Ài lì sī | Buenos Aires, capital of Argentina |
| 艾尔伯塔 | Ài ěr bó tǎ | Alberta province of Canada, capital Edmonton 埃德蒙頓|埃德蒙顿[Ai1 de2 meng2 dun4]; also written 阿… |
| 万艾可 | Wàn ài kě | Viagra |
| 艾萨克 | Ài sà kè | Isaac (name) |
| 艾萨克·牛顿 | Ài sà kè · Niú dùn | Sir Isaac Newton (1642-1727), British mathematician and physicist |
| 艾纳香 | ài nà xiāng | sambong (Blumea balsamifera) |
| 艾迪卡拉 | Ài dí kǎ lā | Ediacaran (c. 635-542 million years ago), late phase of pre-Cambrian geological era; also … |
| 艾尔米塔什 | Ài ěr mǐ tǎ shí | Ermitazh or Hermitage museum in St Peterburg |
| 艾特 | ài tè | (loanword) at sign; @ |
| 艾叶油 | ài yè yóu | mugwort leaf oil (TCM); also called wormwood leaf oil; Oleum folii Artemisiae argyi |
| 方兴未艾 | fāng xīng wèi ài | flourishing and still in the ascendant (idiom); rapidly expanding; still growing strong; o… |
| 艾老 | ài lǎo | (literary) person aged over fifty; elderly person |
| 艾比湖 | Ài bǐ Hú | Aibi Lake (Ebinur) in Xinjiang |
| 苦艾酒 | kǔ ài jiǔ | absinthe (distilled anise-based liquor) |
| 艾伯塔 | Ài bó tǎ | Alberta province of Canada, capital Edmonton 埃德蒙頓|埃德蒙顿[Ai1 de2 meng2 dun4]; also written 阿… |
| 艾普西隆 | ài pǔ xī lóng | epsilon (Greek letter Ε, ε) |
| 艾德蒙顿 | Ài dé méng dùn | Edmonton, capital of Alberta, Canada; also written 埃德蒙頓|埃德蒙顿[Ai1 de2 meng2 dun4] |
| 艾菲尔铁塔 | Ài fēi ěr Tiě tǎ | (Tw) Eiffel Tower |