艾
àiTraditional: 艾
Translation
mugwort, Ai (a Chinese surname); also a common syllable in transliterated names
Word origin
A phono-semantic compound with the grass radical 艹 (cǎo) for meaning and 乂 (yì) as phonetic, naming the mugwort plant; it is also used as a surname and as a syllable in foreign names.
- Origin
- phono-semantic
- Root
- 艹 (cǎo, grass) + 乂 (yì, phonetic)
Stroke order
艾
Examples
端草。
At the Dragon Boat Festival people hang up mugwort.
草。
Mugwort has a special fragrance.
姓，。
His surname is Ai, and he is my old colleague.
叶泡。
Grandma soaks her feet with mugwort leaves.
。
This gentleman is called Allen.
艾 (ài) names the mugwort plant, valued in traditional medicine and hung at the Dragon Boat Festival. It also serves as a Chinese surname and as a frequent syllable in transliterated foreign names such as 艾伦 (Allen).
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