Character: 萋
Modern (Beijing) reading: qī
Preclassic Old Chinese: shǝ̄j
Classic Old Chinese: shǝ̄j
Western Han Chinese: shǝ̄j
Eastern Han Chinese: shǝ̄j
Early Postclassic Chinese: shǝ̄j
Middle Postclassic Chinese: shǝ̄j
Late Postclassic Chinese: shǝ̄j
Middle Chinese: chiej
English meaning : be densely covering, luxuriant.
Russian meaning[s]: 1) густой, разросшийся; 2) цветущий; обильный; внушительный
Shuowen gloss: 草盛.從草.妻聲.詩曰.菶菶萋萋.
Radical: 140
Four-angle index: 8805
Karlgren code: 0592 g-h
Shijing occurrences: 2.1_
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