蒿
celery wormwood (Artemisia carvifolia); to give off; to weed
13 strokes
Dict coverage rank #3,252 U+84BF
How 蒿 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
艹 (semantic, “plant”) + 高 (phonetic, gāo)
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 高
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 高 (gāo) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 高 sound component | gāo | tall, lofty; high, elevated |
| 豪 | háo | brave, heroic, chivalrous |
| 膏 | gāo | grease, fat; ointment, paste |
| 稿 | gǎo | draft, manuscript, rough copy |
| 敲 | qiāo | to hammer, to pound, to strike |
| 搞 | gǎo | to do, to fix, to make, to settle |
| 镐 | hào | stove; bright |
| 槁 | gǎo | to wither; withered, rotten, dead |
| 篙 | gāo | a pole used to punt a boat |
| 犒 | kào | victory feast; to throw a banquet |
| 缟 | gǎo | plain white silk |
| 暠 | gǎo | daybreak; brilliant, bright |
Words containing 蒿
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 伤心蒿目 | shāng xīn hāo mù | to grieve; broken-hearted |
| 青蒿素 | qīng hāo sù | Arteannuin (anti-malaria chemical); Artemisinin; Qinghaosu |
| 矮脚苦蒿 | ǎi jiǎo kǔ hāo | see 熊膽草|熊胆草[xiong2 dan3 cao3] |
| 菌陈蒿 | jūn chén hāo | tarragon |
| 龙蒿 | lóng hāo | tarragon |
| 蛇蒿 | shé hāo | tarragon |
| 艾蒿 | ài hāo | mugwort (Artemisia) |
| 页蒿 | yè hāo | caraway |
| 茼蒿 | tóng hāo | crown daisy; garland chrysanthemum (Glebionis coronaria) |