蔗 meaning and stroke order
Sugar cane
How to write 蔗, stroke by stroke
14 strokes in order. Each box adds the next stroke in red. Write top to bottom and left to right, and finish enclosing strokes last.
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Meaning of 蔗
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, grouped by pronunciation.
- sugar cane
How 蔗 is built
Phono-semantic (sound + meaning) character. Plant.
艹 gives the meaning and 庶 hints at the sound.
Radical: 艹 (grass), shared by 421 characters on this site.
How to remember 蔗
The grass radical 艹 on top tells you this is a plant, and 庶 (shù) below gives the sound. Picture a tall grassy plant growing over a crowded house 庶, so many people can share its sweet juice.
蔗 almost never appears alone. You will see it mostly in 甘蔗 (gānzhe), the everyday word for sugar cane, and in words like 蔗糖 (zhètáng, cane sugar). Example: 我喜欢吃甘蔗。(Wǒ xǐhuan chī gānzhe.) I like eating sugar cane.
Common mistake: Learners often mix up 蔗 (zhè) with 遮 (zhē, to cover), which has the same 庶 part but the walking radical 辶 instead of 艹. Remember that the plant gets grass on top, and the tone is fourth tone.
Common words with 蔗
Ordered by HSK level, then by how often they appear in everyday Chinese.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning | Level |
|---|---|---|---|
| 甘蔗 | gānzhe | sugar cane |
蔗 in example sentences
Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.
Questions about 蔗
How many strokes are in 蔗?
蔗 is written with 14 strokes. The diagrams on this page number every stroke in the order it is written, with the new stroke shown in red.
What does 蔗 mean?
蔗 (zhè) means sugar cane. A common word with it is 甘蔗 (gānzhe), meaning "sugar cane".
How do you pronounce 蔗?
蔗 is pronounced zhè, in the fourth tone (falling).
What is the radical of 蔗?
The radical of 蔗 is 艹, which carries the idea of "grass". Dictionaries list 蔗 under this radical.
Why is 甘蔗 pronounced gānzhe and not gānzhè?
In everyday Mandarin the second syllable of 甘蔗 is usually said in the neutral tone, so it sounds like gānzhe. In careful speech or some dictionaries you may still hear gānzhè.
What does 蔗糖 mean?
蔗糖 (zhètáng) means cane sugar, or sucrose in a chemistry context. It is the sugar made from sugar cane juice.