韭 (jiǔ) — Chinese chives (Allium tuberosum; bound form, usually in 韭菜)

Definition

A bound-form character used only in 韭菜 (jiǔcài, 'Chinese chives'); it almost never stands alone. The everyday word for the plant is 韭菜 — 韭 is the written bound root meaning 'chives'.

bound form
Chinese chives (Allium tuberosum; bound form, usually in 韭菜)
Easily confused

Examples

  • 韭。
    Wǒ xǐ huan chī jiǔ cài xiàn de jiǎo zi.
    I like eating dumplings with chive filling.
  • 韭，。
    Zhè ge cài lǐ fàng le jiǔ cài, wèi dào hěn xiāng.
    This dish has chives in it; it smells very fragrant.
  • ，韭。
    Chūn tiān de shí hou, jiǔ cài cháng dé tè bié hǎo.
    In spring, chives grow especially well.

Origin

Pictograph
六书liùshū
象形xiàngxíng

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

韭 pictures a leek growing in the ground. It is unrelated to 非.

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