卉 (wai2 | hui4 hui3) : general term for plants

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卉

wai2

hui4 hui3

[a] general term for plants [b] myriads

Don't confuse with:
奔

Stroke count: 6

Level: 2

Radical: 十 (#24)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

卉

This word has been viewed 4427 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 15th Jul 2009 15:08

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花卉 faa1 wai2 hua1 hui4 = flowers, flowering plants

香港花卉展覽 hoeng1 gong2 faa1 wai2 zin2 laam5 xiang1 gang3 hua1 hui4 zhan3 lan3 = Hong Kong Flower Show

奇葩異卉 kei4 paa1 ji6 wai2 qi2 pa1 yi4 hui4 = exotic flowers and rare plants;

Showing 1 example containing 卉

今春絢麗的花卉凋謝殆盡國
This spring's flowers have nearly all withered away.

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Decimal representation of this word: 卉
Unicode code for this character: U+5349 (off-site link)

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