芍

sháo

Meanings

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sháo

1.Chinese peony
2.Paeonia albiflora or lactiflora

què

1.used in 芍陂[Què bēi]

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Wiktionary

1.Chinese peony (Paeonia lactiflora)
2.water chestnut
3.only used in 芍陂

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Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *ɡleːwʔ, *spʰlewɢ, *pl'ewɢ, *bljewɢ, *pleːwɢ): semantic 艸 (“grass; plant”) + phonetic 勺 (OC *pljewɢ, *bljewɢ).

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Stroke order

Components

芍卄勺

Components from cjk-decomp · MIT

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Derived terms

木芍藥木芍药白芍芍藥芍药芍藥花芍药花贈芍赠芍采蘭贈芍采兰赠芍

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Related words

芍药 Chinese peony (Paeonia lactiflora)白芍 root of herbaceous peony (Paeonia lactiflora), used in TCM 赠芍 to give peonies 芍陂 Quebei, the ancient name of an irrigation reservoir constructed during the Spring and Autumn period in present-day Anhui, still operational and now known as 安丰塘[Ān fēng Táng]采兰赠芍 (lit.) to pluck orchids and gift peonies (idiom)