蔗

zhè

庶 + 艹

Definitions

zhè sugar cane

Etymology

Phonosemantic compound. 艹 represents the meaning and 庶 represents the sound.

Semantic: 艹 Phonetic: 庶

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A phono-semantic compound, the character 蔗 features the grass radical 艹 at the top, which firmly categorizes it within the plant kingdom, while the lower component 庶 is the phonetic element, although natural linguistic drift over centuries has moved the pronunciation away from the original sound. The meaning of 蔗 is exclusively 'sugarcane,' appearing almost solely in the botanical binomial 甘蔗, the sweet, fibrous crop. Because the character refers only to this single agricultural plant, it has no abstract or verbal senses, and functions purely as a specific nominal.

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Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)

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Example Sentences Hide

这种甘蔗很甜。

Zhè zhǒng gānzhè hěn tián.

This kind of sugar cane is sweet.

农民在田里种甘蔗。

Nóngmín zài tián lǐ zhòng gānzhè.

Farmers plant sugar cane in the fields.

蔗糖是从甘蔗中提取的。

Zhètáng shì cóng gānzhè zhōng tíqǔ de.

Sucrose is extracted from sugar cane.

榨甘蔗汁需要机器。

Zhà gānzhè zhī xūyào jīqì.

Pressing sugar cane juice requires machines.

在热带地区，甘蔗生长得很好。

Zài rèdài dìqū, gānzhè shēngzhǎng de hěn hǎo.

In tropical regions, sugar cane grows well.

我们参观了一个甘蔗种植园。

Wǒmen cānguānle yīgè gānzhè zhòngzhí yuán.

We visited a sugar cane plantation.

虽然甘蔗很甜，但吃太多对牙齿不好。

Suīrán gānzhè hěn tián, dàn chī tài duō duì yáchǐ bù hǎo.

Although sugar cane is sweet, eating too much is bad for teeth.

通过现代技术，甘蔗的产量大大提高。

Tōngguò xiàndài jìshù, gānzhè de chǎnliàng dàdà tígāo.

Through modern technology, the yield of sugar cane has greatly increased.

Related Characters

Component: 庶

Component: 艹

蔗