茠 (hāo) - To weed, to remove grass & also used as a variant form for 休

茠Tone 1

hāo ｜ 9 strokes ｜ radical:

枫惠

茠 · hāo

To weed, to remove grass;

also used as a variant form for 休 (to rest) in ancient texts.

To weed, to remove grassalso used as a variant form for 休

Usage highlights

Weeding fieldsTaking restAncient variantBotanical referenceAgricultural work

Synonyms

  • 休— to rest (when used as variant)
  • 除— to remove, eliminate
  • 薅— to weed, pull out weeds

Antonyms

  • 植— to plant, cultivate
  • 种— to sow, plant

Usage & contexts

Examples

  • Farmers weed the fields (茠田).
  • Ancient texts use 茠 for resting (茠息).
  • The character appears in classical literature (古典文献中的茠).

Collocations

  • Weeding fields(茠田)
  • Taking rest(茠息)
  • Ancient variant(茠字古体)
  • Botanical reference(茠草)
  • Agricultural work(茠作)

Idioms

  • No common idioms found for this character

Cultural background

FAQ
  • Primarily an archaic character with agricultural origins, meaning to remove weeds from fields.
  • Used as a variant form of 休 (to rest) in some classical Chinese texts.
  • Rarely used in modern Chinese, mainly of interest to scholars studying ancient texts.

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