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茴

huí

Character

What 茴 means

1. bound formfennel

Words starting with 茴

• 茴香huí xiāngfennel (Foeniculum vulgare)
• 茴芹huí qínanise (Pimpinella anisum); aniseed; chervil (Anthriscus cerefolium)
• 茴香籽huí xiāng zǐcumin; fennel seed
• 茴香豆huí xiāng dòustar anise-flavored fava beans (snack from Shaoxing, Zhejiang province)

Words containing 茴

• 土茴香tǔ huí xiāngdill seed
• 大茴香dà huí xiāngChinese anise; star anise
• 小茴香xiǎo huí xiāngfennel; fennel seed
• 野小茴yě xiǎo huídill seed
• 藏茴香果zàng huí xiāng guǒcaraway
• 八角茴香bā jiǎo huí xiāngChinese anise; star anise; Fructus Anisi Stellati
• 安息茴香ān xī huí xiāngsee 孜然
• 阿拉伯茴香Ā lā bó huí xiāngsee 孜然

Characters built on 回

These share the phonetic component 回 (huí), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 洄huíeddying; whirling (of water); to go against the current
• 蛔huíroundworm; Ascaris lumbricoides

Characters that look like 茴

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 届jièto arrive at (place or time); period; to become due
• 酋qiútribal chief
• 苗miáosprout
• 茜qiàn(bound form) Indian madder; munjeet (Rubia cordifolia); (bound form) madder red…
• 圃pǔgarden; orchard
• 囿yòupark; to limit; be limited to

Sounds the same

Read huí, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 回to go back; to return; to turn back; to turn around; to reply; to answer…
• 洄eddying; whirling (of water); to go against the current
• 蛔roundworm; Ascaris lumbricoides
• 恛disordered; indistinct doubtful; blurred
• 廻variant of 回
• 囘variant of 回
• 囬variant of 回