蒺 – vocab dash

Keyword

furze

gorse

Frequency: #5498
Strokes: 13

Readings

jí

Mnemonic

艹 (plant) gives the meaning and 疾 the sound.

Stroke order

Composed of

艹grass 疾disease

Used in vocabulary

(botany) caltrop; puncture vine (Tribulus terrestris); barbed object

铁蒺藜tiějíli

(military) caltrop