Learn to Write Chinese Characters with Video Tutorials
Watch the video of writing the Chinese character "苕", learn the correct stroke order (笔顺) of the character "苕", and master the standard way of writing the character "苕".
Free Printable Handwriting Practice with Stroke Order: 苕
Printable Writing Practice Worksheet of "苕" in Portrait Orientation (Tian Zi Ge)
苕 [tiáo]
1. In ancient books, it refers to the Chinese trumpet creeper (凌霄花).
2. [苕子] A one-year or two-year herbaceous plant with slender stems and fern-like compound leaves, bearing purple flowers, used as green manure. Also known as "wild pea."
3. Refers to the flowers of the reed (苇子).
苕 [tiáo]
1. Same as the original meaning ([En.] Chinese trumpet creeper).
2. A deciduous woody vine from the Bignoniaceae family, climbing by aerial roots on other objects. The flower is funnel-shaped and bell-like, large and bright, orange-red in color, cultivated for ornamental purposes, and used in medicine to break blood and remove stasis.
3. Examples: 苕华 (flower name, which is the Chinese trumpet creeper); 苕荣 (the flower of the Chinese trumpet creeper, also metaphorically referring to beauty); 苕颖 (referring to herbaceous flowers and grain ears, often generalized to plants' flowers, ears, and stems).
4. 苕菜, known as Chinese milk vetch ([En.] Chinese milk vetch). A legume that is an excellent green manure crop and also used as a vegetable and animal feed.
5. Originally written as “芀”. The flower of reed. The spike can be used to make brooms ([En.] spike of reed).
6. Name of a river ([En.] Tiao River).
7. Examples: 苕水 (the name of a river in present-day Shaanxi Province and Zhejiang Province); 苕溪 (name of a river with two sources: the eastern Tiao from the south of Tianmu Mountain in Zhejiang Province, and the western Tiao from the north of Tianmu Mountain. The two streams converge and flow into Taihu Lake. In autumn, flowers float on the water like falling snow, hence it is named).
苕 [tiáo]
1. High, far ([En.] high; far).
2. Examples: 苕亭 (a lofty appearance); 苕苕 (very high; very far. Similar to "迢迢").
3. Refer to sháo.
苕 [sháo]
1. A colloquial term for sweet potato ([En.] sweet potato).
2. Refer to tiáo.
苕 [sháo]
1. A colloquial term for sweet potato ([En.] sweet potato).
2. Refer to tiáo.