Definitions
surname Zi
(archaic) field recently opened for cultivation; (literary) to weed
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The character 菑 consists of the grass radical 艹 at the top, indicating a connection to plants or agriculture, and the component 甾 below. Originally, it referred to a field cultivated for one year or, more generally, untilled, wild land. Later, it was also borrowed phonetically to serve as an alternative form for 災, meaning disaster or calamity, while retaining its distinct agricultural visual origin.
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