芹
Chinese celery
7 strokes
Dict coverage rank #2,969 U+82B9
How 芹 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
艹 (semantic, “plant”) + 斤 (phonetic, jīn)
How to remember it
celery · Heisig RSH #2185
flower + tomahawk
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 斤
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 斤 (jīn) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 斤 sound component | jīn | a catty (about 500 grams); an axe; keen, shrewd |
| 近 | jìn | to approach; near, close; intimate |
| 欣 | xīn | delighted, happy, joyous |
| 祈 | qí | to pray, to entreat, to beseech |
| 沂 | yí | a river in southeast Shandong |
| 忻 | xīn | pleasant, joyful, delightful |
| 蕲 | qí | to pray, to implore; herb; Artemesia |
| 圻 | qí | border, boundary |
| 靳 | jìn | a strap on a horse's breast |
| 昕 | xīn | day, dawn, early morning |
| 颀 | qí | tall and slim; slender |
Words containing 芹
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 大星芹 | dà xīng qín | great masterwort (Astrantia major) |
| 羊角芹 | yáng jiǎo qín | ground-elder (Aegopodium podagraria) |
| 海刺芹 | hǎi cì qín | sea holly (Eryngium maritimum) |
| 荷兰芹 | hé lán qín | parsley |
| 西芹 | xī qín | celery; parsley |
| 芹菜 | qín cài | celery (Apium graveolens) |
| 皱叶欧芹 | zhòu yè ōu qín | curled-leaf parsley (Petroselinum crispum) |
| 孜然芹 | zī rán qín | cumin |
| 曹雪芹 | Cáo Xuě qín | Cao Xueqin (c. 1715-c. 1764), accepted author of A Dream of Red Mansions 紅樓夢|红楼梦[Hong2 lou… |
| 欧芹 | ōu qín | parsley (Petroselinum sativum) |
| 刺芹菇 | cì qín gū | king trumpet mushroom (Pleurotus eryngii) |
| 茴芹 | huí qín | anise (Pimpinella anisum); aniseed; chervil (Anthriscus cerefolium) |