菑 Stroke Order

菑 (zī) [名] 1. **初耕的田地。** // A field that has been under cultivation for one year. 2. **开荒。** // To open up wasteland; reclaim wasteland; plough and weed. 3. **水名。即今山东省淄河。** // Name of a river, referring to the present-day Zihe River in Shandong Province. 4. **姓。** // A surname. [动] 1. **开垦;耕耘。** // Open up wasteland; reclaim wasteland; plough and weed. 2. **另见 zāi “灾”。** // See also zāi "disaster". 引 1. 《说文》：菑，不耕田也。 按，古文从田，巛声，小篆又加草耳。不耕田者，不耕而才耕之田也。 // "Zī" means not ploughed land. According to the ancient texts, it derives from the characters for field and river, with grass added in small seal script, denoting unharvested farmland. 2. 《易·无妄》：不菑畬。董遇注：“菑，反草也。” // "Wu Wang" states not to plough the land. Cong Yi notes: "Zī" also refers to grass." 3. 《尔雅》：田一岁曰菑，二岁曰新田，三岁曰畬。 // In "Erya," it is stated that land cultivated for one year is called zī, for two years new field, and for three years it is called yú. 4. 明·徐光启《甘薯疏序》：耕获菑畬，时时利赖其用。 // Ming Dynasty scholar Xu Guangqi in "On Sweet Potatoes": Cultivating the land benefits the harvests. 例 - **菑畬 (开垦一年和三年的地); 菑亩(初耕的田地)** // Zī yú (land cultivated for one and three years); Zī mǔ (land that has just been cultivated). **直立而枯死的树木。** **Withered trees.** **树立；插入。** **To erect; to insert.** **车辐插入毂中的部分。** **Part of a wheel spoke inserted into the hub.** **矮墙。** **A low wall.** **剖析。** **To analyze.** 同“灾”。 **The same as “zāi.”** 名词 灾祸、祸害。通「灾」。 **Noun: disaster, calamity. Synonymous with "disaster".** 《诗经．大雅．生民》：「大拆不副，无菑无害。」 **In "The Book of Songs, Greater Elegance, Shēngmín": "No calamity, no harm."** 《史记．卷三九．晋世家》：「天菑流行，国家代有，救菑恤邻，国之道也。」 **In "Records of the Grand Historian, Volume 39, Jin Family": "Calamities abound; it is the state's duty to aid the neighbors."**