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Meaning of

枲 means male hemp plant; hemp stalk; bast fiber from male cannabis plants. Pronounced xǐ.

  • male hemp plant; hemp stalk; bast fiber from male cannabis plants

Character Info

Radical
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Definitions & Examples

shì
dài
zhòng
yào
de
fǎng
zhī
yuán
liào
 

Hemp was an important textile raw material in ancient times.

rén
zhǒng
 
wéi
 

The ancients planted hemp to harvest its bark, spinning it into cloth.

xiāng
duì
 
xióng
zhě
wéi
 
zhě
wéi
 

Xǐ and jū are opposites; the male is called xǐ, the female is called jū.

Measure Words

/ gēn
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/ zhū