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籽

zǐ

seed

Seeds pouring from a red packet into a soil furrow
Memory picture

Character

籽 zǐ

Strokes
9
Radical
米 — rice, millet, grain
Made of
米 rice, millet, grain 子 son, child
How it's built
Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts

Example phrases

  • 科研人员从耐旱植物的籽中筛选出新的育种材料。 Kēyán rényuán cóng nàihàn zhíwù de zǐ zhōng shāixuǎn chū xīn de yùzhǒng cáiliào. Researchers selected new breeding materials from the seeds of drought-resistant plants.
  • 这些西瓜籽要晒干后才能播种。 Zhèxiē xīguāzǐ yào shàigān hòu cáinéng bōzhǒng. These watermelon seeds have to be dried before they can be sown.
  • 他不小心把一粒籽掉进了土里。 Tā bùxiǎoxīn bǎ yī lì zǐ diào jìn le tǔ lǐ. He accidentally dropped a seed into the soil.

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