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薙

Character · VerbTraditional荑

weed; mow; shave

Tone colorsmāmámǎmàma

Meanings

2 senses · 4 examples
1.

verb

to weed; to remove wild grass

archaic

Literary/archaic term for cutting or removing grass and weeds.

Nóng农
fū夫
tì荑
cǎo草
yú于
tián田
jiān间
 。

The farmer weeded the grass in the fields.

Tì荑
bài稗
bù不
chú除
 ，
hé禾
miáo苗
nán难
zhǎng长
 。

If weeds and barnyard grass are not removed, the rice seedlings will struggle to grow.

2.

verb

to shave (hair); same as 剃

archaic

Archaic variant of 剃, used in classical texts to mean shaving hair or cutting hair close to the skin.

Gǔ古
zhě者
yǒu有
duàn断
fà发
tì荑
shǒu首
zhī之
sú俗
 。

Ancient peoples had the custom of cutting hair and shaving heads.

Qí其
rén人
yǐ已
tì荑
fà发
wéi为
sēng僧
 。

That person has already shaved his head to become a monk.