艾

ài

àino initial · 4th tone — spelling rules

Chinese mugwort (Artemisia); moxa · used in transliteration

Radical: 艹 Strokes: 5

Structure: Top small, bottom largeFrequency: Less common

Same radical

花节草落营英药苦菜蒙荣藏

Same radical

花节草落营英药苦菜蒙荣藏薄荒若

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Character Decomposition

艾=艹+乂

Etymology

grass

Meanings

Chinese mugwort (Artemisia); moxa

used in transliteration

ài

surname Ai

Aì

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Words with 艾 168 total

moxibustion (TCM)艾灸ài jiǔ wine flavored with Chinese mugwort艾酒ài jiǔ (literary) person aged over fifty · elderly person艾老ài lǎo

Idioms with 艾 15 total Chain

flourishing and still in the ascendant (idiom); rapidly expanding · still growing strong · on the up方兴未艾fāng xīng wèi ài flourishing and still in the ascendant (idiom); rapidly expanding · still growing strong · on the up方滋未艾fāng zī wèi ài lit. to burn both fragrant orchids and stinking weeds (idiom); fig. to destroy indiscriminately the noble and common · the rain falls on the just and unjust alike兰艾同焚lán ài tóng fén stammering (idiom)期期艾艾qī qī ài ài