Pronunciation: [yí][tí]
Radical: 艹
Wubi: AGXW
Strokes: 9
Interpretation: [yí]: To cut the weeds in the field, which is extended to flattening.
[tí]: 1. The buds of thatch. 2. The young shoots of vegetation. 3. A barnyard-like weed, commonly known as "稊".
Detailed explanation:
1. 荑[tí] 2. 荑[yí]
荑[tí]
〈 Name>
Sprouting
The grass growing on land is called Catkin. ——"Popular Literature"
Lingwang picked up the pills. ——Guo Pu's "Poem of Traveling Immortals"
There are green willows and red peaches scattered in the ruins. ——"Selected Works· By extension, it is called grass buds
Catine, catkin grass. ——"Shuowen". According to it, it is the first generation of Mao.
From herding to grass. ——"Poetry·Beifeng·Jingnu"
The hands are like catkins and the skin is like gelatin. ——"Poetry·Wei Feng·Shuo Ren"
Five grains are the ones with the most beautiful seeds; if you are not familiar with them, they are not as good as catkins. ——"Mencius Gaozi 1"
Cat catkins are white and slippery when Mao Shi is ripe. ——"Customs"
Another example: Cati Ying (new grass); Cati Yang (new poplar tree)
Tong "稊". Grass name. A kind of grass that looks like tares
Bing repeatedly banned the dead trees, and the trees grew catkins. ——"Book of the Later Han Dynasty·Fang Shu Biography"
Prosperity is born from dry catkins. ——"Book of Jin·Chronicles of Emperor Yuan"
Another example: Catik (which means "withered poplars give birth to wild grass". It means finding life in a desperate situation; bringing back the dead); Catkin grass (catkin and barnyard grass are the names of two grasses, Similar to grass, but actually smaller than grain, it can also be eaten)
Catine [yí]
Cut the weeds in the field
Wherever there is a farmland, in summer the grass is destroyed and the grass grows on it.
——"Zhou Rites"