English

1. madder, Rubia cordifolia
2. (bound form) Indian madder; munjeet (Rubia cordifolia)
3. used in the transliteration of people's names
4. madder
5. short for coriander, see 芫茜 (jim4 sai1)
6. reeds
7. (bound form) madder red; dark red; alizarin crimson
8. a character used for phonetic transcription of foreign words, usually used in person's names

粵語

1. 植物名；茜草科，多年生蔓草。莖方形中空，有倒刺，葉長卵形，根黃赤色，可作紅色染料，亦可供藥用。
2. 見芫茜
3. 譯音用字，通常用於人名

As a component in

• 𣺋sin6

Variants

• 蒨semantic variant

Words containing 茜

• 番茜faan1 sai1

  parsley

• 芫茜jin4 sai1

  (noun) cilantro; coriander; Chinese parsley; dhania

• 香茜hoeng1 sai1

  coriander

• 茜草sin6 cou2

  Indian madder; munjeet (Rubia cordifolia)

• 茜素sin6 sou3

  alizarin

• 揦茜laa2 sai1

  rash; sloppy

• 假芫茜gaa2 jyun4 sai1

  Eryngium foetidum

• 走芫茜zau2 jim4 sai1
• 乜東東芫茜蔥mat1 dung1 dung1 jim4 sai1 cung1