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Indian coral tree / sunshine tree / tiger's claw / Erythrina variegata (botany)
Indian madder; munjeet (Rubia cordifolia)
the West (Europe and North America) / countries of the Indian Ocean (traditional)
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  *茜* | 茜* | *茜
(bound form) Indian madder; munjeet (Rubia cordifolia) / (bound form) madder red; dark red; alizarin crimson
10th month of the lunar calendar / Indian summer / crops sown in late autumn
(Indian mythology) Asuras – powerful, malevolent beings who oppose the gods
the Indian subcontinent (esp. in Tang or Buddhist context)
ancient Indian name for China
Ashoka (304-232 BC), Indian emperor of the Maurya Dynasty 孔雀王朝, ruled 273-232 BC
Indian Ocean
rupee (Indian currency) (loanword)
Sikkim, Indian state bordering Tibet
a favorite of sb in power / a celebrity / American Indian
(American) Indian / native American / indigenous peoples of the Americas
Réunion (island in Indian Ocean, a French overseas department)
Inca (South American Indians)
Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941), Indian poet and writer
Indian arrowroot (Maranta arundinacea)
long-grained rice (Indian rice, as opposed to round-grained rice 粳米)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *苘* | 苘* | *苘
Indian mallow (Abutilon theophrasti) / Indian hemp (cannabis)
Bangalore, capital of southwest Indian state Karnataka 卡納塔克邦|卡纳塔克邦
Bhopal, capital of central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh 中央邦
Indian Congress party
Indian mallow (Abutilon theophrasti) / Indian hemp (cannabis)
hot spell during autumn / Indian summer
Tripura (Indian state)
abbr. for 國民大會|国民大会, National Assembly of the Republic of China (extant during various periods between 1913 and 2005) / abbr. for 新加坡國立大學|新加坡国立大学, National University of Singapore (NUS) / abbr. for 印度國民大會黨|印度国民大会党, Indian National Congress (INC) / abbr. for 馬來西亞印度國民大會黨|马来西亚印度国民大会党, Malaysian Indian Congress (MIC)
Chennai, capital of southeast Indian state Tamil Nadu 泰米爾納德邦|泰米尔纳德邦 / formerly called Madras 馬德拉斯|马德拉斯
Asura, malevolent spirits in Indian mythology
Indian Azalea (Rhododendron simsii Planch)
caste system (traditional Indian social division)
teh tarik, an Indian-style tea with milk
canna or Indian shot (genus Canna)
(bird species of China) Indian blue robin (Larvivora brunnea)
Karnataka (formerly Mysore), southwest Indian state, capital Bangalore 班加羅爾|班加罗尔
the Ramayana (Indian epic)
Indian lettuce
Tamil Nadu, southeast Indian state, capital Chennai 欽奈|钦奈 / formerly Madras state 馬德拉斯邦|马德拉斯邦
Indian strawberry (Potentilla indica)
Ayurveda (ancient Indian system and health care philosophy)
Mahābhārata, second great Indian epic after 羅摩衍那|罗摩衍那, possibly originally c. 4th century BC
Madhya Pradesh, central Indian state
Hindi / a north Indian language
(Indian mythology) battlefield where Asuras 修羅|修罗 fought the gods; (fig.) a scene of cruelty and carnage; (slang) emotionally charged confrontation (esp. one involving a love triangle)
Ahmedabad, largest city in west Indian state Gujarat 古吉拉特
Banda Sea, in the East Indian Archipelago
(derog.) an Indian
American Indians
to sail west (from China) (used in reference to the 15th century voyages of Zheng He 鄭和|郑和 to regions bordering the Indian Ocean)
Dravidian (general term for South Indian people and languages)
Indian azalea (Rhododendron simsii)
Modi (name) / Narendra Modi (1950-), Indian BJP (Bharatiya Janata Party or Indian People's Party) politician, Gujarat Chief Minister from 2001, PM from 2014
(bird species of China) Indian skimmer (Rynchops albicollis)
(bird species of China) Indian paradise flycatcher (Terpsiphone paradisi)
Hinduism / Indian religion
Indian cobra (Naja naja)
Chagos Archipelago, coral archipelago in tropical Indian Ocean, with Diego Garcia 迪戈·加西亞島|迪戈·加西亚岛 as largest island
Dwarkanath Kotnis (1910-1942), one of five Indian doctors sent to China to provide medical assistance during the Second Sino-Japanese War
Vyasa, Indian sage and scribe, supposed author of epic 摩訶婆羅多|摩诃婆罗多 and a major figure in it
Réunion (island in Indian Ocean, a French overseas department) (Tw)
long-grained rice (Indian rice, as opposed to round-grained rice)
Indian gooseberry (Phyllanthus emblica)
Nathu La (Himalayan pass on Silk Road between Tibet and Indian Sikkim)
Nathu La (Himalayan pass on the Silk Road between Tibet and the northeastern Indian state of Sikkim)
(bird species of China) Indian grassbird (Graminicola bengalensis)
Indian (person) / CL: 個|个 / Indian people
Indian Congress party
(bird species of China) Indian golden oriole (Oriolus kundoo)
Bhangra, Indian music (music genre)
(bird species of China) Indian spot-billed duck (Anas poecilorhyncha)
(name) Gujral / Inder Kumar Gujral (1919-2012), Indian politician, prime minister 1997-1998
Gujarat, Indian state
Hanuman, a monkey God in the Indian epic Ramayana
(bird species of China) Indian cuckoo (Cuculus micropterus)
Odisha (formerly Orissa), eastern Indian state
Line of Actual Control (LAC), separating Indian-controlled territory from Chinese-controlled territory
Indian cardamom (Amomum cardamomum)
Jawaharlal Nehru (1889-1964), Indian politician, first prime minister 1947-1964
Patil (name) / Pratibha Patil (1934-), female Indian Congress Party politician, president of India 2007-2012
Mogadishu, Indian ocean seaport and capital of Somalia
Mahoraga, snake's headed Indian deity / a protector deity of Buddhist law
(bird species of China) Indian pied myna (Gracupica contra)
cuckoo (Cercococcyx spp., also written 杜鵑鳥|杜鹃鸟) / Indian azalea (Rhododendron simsii Planch, also written 杜鵑花|杜鹃花)
Rigveda, Indian religious poem
subcontinent (e.g. the Indian subcontinent)
Tamil Nadu, southeast Indian state, capital Chennai 欽奈|钦奈 / formerly Madras state 馬德拉斯邦|马德拉斯邦
(bird species of China) Indian white-eye (Zosterops palpebrosus)
caste (traditional Indian social division)
long-grained rice (Indian rice, as opposed to round-grained rice)
Indian mackerel
Sukinda, Indian city
Indian strawberry (Potentilla indica)
(bird species) Indian roller (Coracias benghalensis)
common St. Paul's wort; Indian weed (Sigesbeckia orientalis)
Diego Garcia tropical island and US military base in the Indian Ocean, main island of Chago archipelago 查戈斯群島|查戈斯群岛
headman (of primitive people) / tribal chief / used as translation for foreign leaders, e.g. Indian Rajah or Arab Sheik or Emir


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