韭 — Chinese character
韭
jiǔ
scallion, leek, chive
- Pinyin
- jiǔ
- Radical
- 179 ⾲ (Leek)
- Strokes
- 9
- Components
- 非 一
- Formation
- pictographic — Chives 非 growing in the ground 一
- Japanese
- 韭 as a kanji
Common words with 韭
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 韭菜 | jiǔ cài | garlic chives (Allium tuberosum), aka Chinese chives; (coll.) naive or easily exploited people (esp. small investors or consumers), likened to chives that can b |
| 韭黄 (韭黃) | jiǔ huáng | yellow chives (Chinese chives grown without sunlight, resulting in white stems and yellow leaves) |
| 韭菜花 | jiǔ cài huā | chive flowers |
| 割韭菜 | gē jiǔ cài | (fig.) (coll.) to fleece a group of people repeatedly (esp. small investors, consumers or fans), treating them as an endlessly renewable resource to harvest for |
| 韭菜盒子 | jiǔ cài hé zi | chive pocket, savory pan-fried turnover stuffed with garlic chives and other ingredients (usually contains scrambled eggs) |
韭 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Zhuangzi 1
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.