卉 (huì): plants
卉 (huì) is a Chinese character meaning “plants.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 十 (structural) and 艹 (structural). It ranks #2879 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 卉 ten 十 different types of grass 艹. Its radical form 十 (ten) appears in many related characters such as 十 (shí, ten), 午 (wǔ, 7th earthly branch: 11 a.m.-1 p.m., noon, 5th solar month (6th June-6th July), year of the Horse), 半 (bàn, half).
Definitions
- plants
Etymology & Origin
ideographicTen 十 different types of grass 艹
Decomposition: ⿱十艹 (layout: top-bottom)
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 花卉 | huā huì | flowers and plants |
| 奇花异卉 | qí huā yì huì | exotic flowers and rare herbs (idiom) |
| 百卉千葩 | bǎi huì qiān pā | myriad plants and flowers (idiom) |
| 奇葩异卉 | qí pā yì huì | rare and exotic flora (idiom) |
卉 appears in 4 compound words: 0 as the first character, 75 as the last, and 25 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 卉 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (3)
Example Sentences
花卉展览吸引众多游客。
Huāhuì zhǎnlǎn xīyǐn zhòngduō yóukè.
The flower exhibition attracts many visitors.
...约“21座篮球场” 首度引进“2大梦幻花卉”拍同款不用飞日本
. . . yuē 2 1 zuò lán qiú chǎng shǒu dù yǐn jìn 2 dà mèng huàn huā huì pāi tóng kuǎn bù yòng fēi rì běn
... About "21 basketball courts" introduced "2 dream flowers" for the first time to shoot the same style without flying to Japan
3000株蝴蝶兰凑在一起干什么?世界花卉大观园新春..
zhū 蝴 蝶 lán còu zài yī qǐ gān shén má ? shì jiè huā huì dà guàn yuán xīn chūn . .
What are 3,000 Phalaenopsis orchids doing together? World Flower Garden New Year...
我要给我妈妈一个卉。
Wǒ yào gěi wǒ māma yī gè huì.
I want to give Mom a plant.
不久之后，各种各样的花卉将会盛开。
Bù jiǔzhī hòu, gèzhǒnggèyàng de huāhuì jiānghuì shèngkāi.
Many kinds of flowers will come out soon.
一品红是广受欢迎的圣诞节花卉。
Yīpǐnhóng shì guǎng shòuhuānyíng de Shèngdànjié huāhuì.
Poinsettias are a popular Christmas flower.
Character Family
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