茴
(bound form) fennel
9 strokes
Dict coverage rank #2,965 U+8334
How 茴 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
艹 (semantic, “herb”) + 回 (phonetic, huí)
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 回
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 回 (huí) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 回 sound component | huí | to return, to turn around; a time |
| 蛔 | huí | tapeworm |
Words containing 茴
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 阿拉伯茴香 | Ā lā bó huí xiāng | see 孜然[zi1 ran2], cumin |
| 八角茴香 | bā jiǎo huí xiāng | Chinese anise; star anise; Fructus Anisi Stellati |
| 安息茴香 | ān xī huí xiāng | see 孜然[zi1 ran2], cumin |
| 藏茴香果 | zàng huí xiāng guǒ | caraway |
| 大茴香 | dà huí xiāng | Chinese anise; star anise |
| 小茴香 | xiǎo huí xiāng | fennel; fennel seed |
| 土茴香 | tǔ huí xiāng | dill seed |
| 野小茴 | yě xiǎo huí | dill seed |
| 茴香豆 | huí xiāng dòu | star anise-flavored fava beans (snack from Shaoxing, Zhejiang province) |
| 茴香 | huí xiāng | fennel (Foeniculum vulgare) |
| 茴香籽 | huí xiāng zǐ | cumin; fennel seed |
| 茴芹 | huí qín | anise (Pimpinella anisum); aniseed; chervil (Anthriscus cerefolium) |