稗 — Chinese character
稗
bài
darnels, weeds; small, insignificant
- Pinyin
- bài
- Radical
- 115 ⽲ (Grain)
- Strokes
- 13
- Components
- 禾 卑
- Formation
- pictophonetic — grain; meaning component 禾; sound component 卑
- Japanese
- 稗 as a kanji
Common words with 稗
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 稗子 | bài zi | barnyard grass |
| 稗官 | bài guān | (old) petty official charged with reporting back to the ruler on what people in a locality are talking about; novel in the vernacular |
| 稗官野史 | bài guān yě shǐ | (idiom) unofficial history; anecdotal historical account |
稗 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Mencius 1 · Zhuangzi 1
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