稗 Stroke Order

稗 (bài) 名 1. A type of annual herbaceous plant that grows in rice paddies or wet places, resembling rice, and is considered a weed in rice fields. Its fruits can be used for brewing alcohol or as fodder. 2. Metaphorically refers to something small or trivial. Example: 稗官 (an ancient minor official responsible for recounting street gossip and market rumors, later extended to refer to writings that record trivial anecdotes as "稗史" or unofficial histories). Example: 稗史 (books that record trivial anecdotes). 形 1. Describes something small; not orthodox (small; insignificant). Example: 稗官 (an ancient minor official name, also refers to a collector of folk stories, later used to refer to novelists); 稗官野史 (abbreviated to 稗史, a general term for writings that record trivial anecdotes); 稗政 (refers to poor political measures). 引 1. 《说文》: 稗,禾别也。 2. 《左传·定公十年》: 用秕稗也。 注: “草之似谷者。” 3. 《孟子》: 不如夷稗。 4. 王符《潜夫论》: 养稊 (一种形似稗的草) 稗者伤禾稼。 例 稗秕 (稗, rice paddy weed; 秕, hollow or unripe grain).