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xu

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xu Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
xu | xu5
English translation
alfalfa, clover, lucerne

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About xu

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Number of strokes

14

Traditional form

xu

Contains the radical

cǎo

Part of speech

Non-morpheme / 非语素字 Fēi yǔsù zì

Learning hint

grass

Etymology of xu

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

艹宿

Semantic compound

cǎo

Phonetic compound

宿

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Example sentences using xu

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苜蓿 mù xu zài 有效 yǒu xiào gài 含量 hán liàng 不足 bùzú de 土壤 tǔrǎng shǎng 生长 shēngzhǎng 不良 bù liáng .

Alfalfa will fail to grow well on soils which lack sufficient amounts of available caleium.

bèi 誉为制造业 zhì zào yè zhī xiāng dōng zǎo 之乡苜蓿 mù xu 之乡.

Known as the hometown of the manufacturing sector, jujube village, alfalfa town.

Words with xu

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
苜蓿 mù xu lucerne苜蓿 mù xu
xu clover xu

xu Decomposition & Compounds

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