茨 — Chinese character
茨
cí
thatching; caltrop, Tribulus terrestris
- Pinyin
- cí
- Radical
- 140 ⾋ (Grass)
- Strokes
- 9
- Components
- 艹 次
- Formation
- pictophonetic — grass; meaning component 艹; sound component 次
- Japanese
- 茨 as a kanji
Common words with 茨
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 茨冈 (茨岡) | cí gāng | (loanword) tzigane; gypsy |
| 土阶茅茨 (土階茅茨) | tǔ jiē máo cí | lit. earthen steps and a thatched hut; frugal living conditions (idiom) |
| 茨菰 | cí gu | arrowhead (Sagittaria subulata, a water plant) |
English words written with 茨
茨 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Zhuangzi 4
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.