苔 Stroke Order

苔 [tái] 1. A type of cryptogamic plant, with indistinct distinctions between roots, stems, and leaves, often growing in shady, damp places. (一类隐花植物，根、茎、叶的区别不明显，常贴在阴湿的地方生长。) Examples: 青苔 (green moss) 苔藓 (moss) 苔原 (mossy plain) 2. A name for a type of plant, also known as lichen or water lichen. It belongs to the cryptogamic plant category with indistinct distinctions between roots, stems, and leaves, which comes in colors such as blue, green, and purple, commonly growing in shady, damp places, spreading flat on the ground, hence also known as "ground lichen". (植物名，别称包括地衣和水衣。属于隐花植物类，根、茎、叶的区别不明显，有青、绿、紫等颜色，多生于阴湿地方，延贴地面，因此也叫“地衣”。) (En: lichen; mosses) 3. A thing or place that has mossy plants growing on it. (长有苔藓类植物的东西或地方。) (En: mossy place) Examples: 苔砌 (steps covered in moss) 苔梅 (a plum tree with moss on its roots) 苔 [tāi] 1. Refers to the coating on the tongue, formed from dead epithelial cells, mucus, etc., where the color can help diagnose illness. (街头上面的垢腻，由衰死的上皮细胞和黏液等形成，观察它的颜色可以帮助论断病症。) 2. Tongue coating. (舌上的垢腻) 3. For further reference, see [tái]. (另见 tái)