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  *茶* | 茶* | *茶
tea / tea plant / CL: , 壺|壶
HSK 1
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  *蓝* | 蓝* | *蓝
blue / indigo plant
HSK 2
garden (for flowers, ornamental plants etc); (landscaped) park; yard with decorative plants / CL:
HSK 2
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  *厂* | 厂* | *厂
factory / yard / depot / workhouse / works / (industrial) plant
HSK 3
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  *烟* | 烟* | *烟
cigarette or pipe tobacco / CL: / smoke / mist / vapour / CL: 縷|缕 / tobacco plant / (of the eyes) to be irritated by smoke
HSK 3
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  *种* | 种* | *种
to plant / to grow / to cultivate
HSK 4
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  *棵* | 棵* | *棵
classifier for trees, cabbages, plants etc
HSK 4
fruit (produced by a plant) / (fig.) fruits (of success etc) / results / gains
HSK 4
plant / vegetation / CL: 種|种
HSK 4
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  *抽* | 抽* | *抽
to draw out / to pull out from in between / to remove part of the whole / (of certain plants) to sprout or bud / to whip or thrash
HSK 4
to plant; to grow (a crop); to cultivate
HSK 4
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  *园* | 园* | *园
land used for growing plants / site used for public recreation / abbr. for a place ending in 園|园, such as a botanical garden 植物園|植物园, kindergarten 幼兒園|幼儿园 etc
HSK 6
to make green with plants / to reforest / (Internet slang) Islamization
HSK 6
flowers and plants
HSK 7-9
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  *结* | 结* | *结
(of a plant) to produce (fruit or seeds) / Taiwan pr. [jie2]
HSK 7-9
fat (in the body, in a plant, or in food)
HSK 7-9
to wither / to dry up (of a plant) / to atrophy (of muscle, social custom etc)
HSK 7-9
arteries and veins / network of blood vessels / vascular system (of a plant or animal) / (fig.) fabric (i.e. underlying structure, as in "social fabric") / overall context
HSK 7-9
bottom line; the limit of what one is prepared to accept / (sports) baseline / (sewing) under thread / spy; informer; plant
HSK 7-9
to provide critical care (to a patient or a diseased plant)
HSK 7-9
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  *栽* | 栽* | *栽
to plant; to grow / to insert; to erect (e.g. a bus stop sign) / to impose sth on sb / to stumble; to fall down
HSK 7-9
(of a seed) to germinate / (of a plant) to sprout; to bud / sprout; bud / (also used figuratively)
HSK 7-9
to put a roof (on a building) / to cap the roof (finishing a building project) / fig. to put a ceiling (on spending, prize, ambition etc) / to top off / fig. to reach the highest point (of growth, profit, interest rates) / to stop growing (of plant bud or branch)
HSK 7-9
dense (of plant growth) / lush
HSK 7-9
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  *株* | 株* | *株
tree trunk / stump (tree root) / a plant / classifier for trees or plants / strain (biology) / to involve others (in shady business)
HSK 7-9
nuclear power plant
HSK 7-9
(agriculture) to preserve a plant variety or animal breed / (conservation) to conserve a wild species or population
air plant (Bryophyllum pinnatum) / to put down roots
to bear seeds (of plant)
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  *芯* | 芯* | *芯
(bound form) the pith of the rush plant (used as a lampwick)
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  *莱* | 莱* | *莱
name of weed plant (fat hen, goosefoot, pigweed etc) / Chenopodium album
Dong Feng, doctor during Three Kingdoms period, famous for refusing fees and requesting that his patients plant apricot trees instead
spray (sprig of a plant with blossoms) / cuttlefish (on dining menus) / (literary) beautiful woman
to frame sb (by planting sth on them)
grains of Job's tears plant 薏苡
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  *蕶* | 蕶* | *蕶
withered (plant, herb etc)
arrowhead (Sagittaria subulata, a water plant)
Euphorbiaceae (plant family including rubber and cassava)
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  *篛* | 篛* | *篛
cuticle of bamboo plant
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  *冏* | 冏* | *冏
velvetleaf (Abutilon avicennae), plant of the jute family / bright
scientific name / Latin name (of plant or animal) / (according to an old system of nomenclature) on entering school life, a formal personal name given to new students
deciduous plant / deciduous vegetation
aquatic (plant, animal)
(of a seed) to germinate / (of a plant) to sprout; to bud / (fig.) (of an idea or plan etc) to start to develop
to plant trees
population (of a species) / community (of animals or plants)
how well a crop (or plant) is growing / growth
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  *卉* | 卉* | *卉
plants
to water (plants etc)
red root gromwell (Lithospermum erythrorhizon) / flowering plant whose roots provide purple dye / arnebia (plant genus in family Boraginaceae)
flowers and plants
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  *牡* | 牡* | *牡
(of a bird, animal or plant) male / key / hills
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  *蔹* | 蔹* | *蔹
trailing plant / liana / creeper / wild vine (Gynostemma pentaphyllum or Vitis pentaphylla)
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  *蒲* | 蒲* | *蒲
refers to various monocotyledonous flowering plants including Acorus calamus and Typha orientalis / common cattail / bullrush
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  *菲* | 菲* | *菲
luxuriant (plant growth) / rich with fragrance / phenanthrene C14H10
plant nursery / seedbed
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  *芔* | 芔* | *芔
a general term for plants
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  *植* | 植* | *植
to plant
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  *秧* | 秧* | *秧
sapling; seedling; sprout; (esp.) rice seedling / stem; stalk; vine / baby livestock; fry / (dialect) to raise; to cultivate (plants or animals)
(loanword) genus Tillandsia; air plants (more commonly known as 空氣鳳梨|空气凤梨)
gymnosperm (plants with seed contained in a cone)
(botany) ramie (Boehmeria nivea) / the fiber of this plant
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  *耔* | 耔* | *耔
hoe up soil around plants
to fish for (aquatic animals and plants) / to catch
(botany) (of a plant) annual
a power station / an electricity generating plant
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  *墩* | 墩* | *墩
block / gate pillar / pier / classifier for clusters of plants / classifier for rounds in a card game: trick / (archaic) watchtower
(of a power plant, refinery etc) to shut down
to plant / to grow
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  *芷* | 芷* | *芷
angelica (type of iris) / plant root used in TCM
lower body / euphemism for genitals / root and stem of plants
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  *茹* | 茹* | *茹
to eat / (extended meaning) to endure / putrid smell / vegetables / roots (inextricably attached to the plant)
beefsteak plant / shiso / Perilla frutescens
plant disease
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  *壅* | 壅* | *壅
to obstruct / to stop up / to heap soil around the roots of a plant
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  *荃* | 荃* | *荃
(fragrant plant)
to grow (a plant) in a pot / potted plant (sometimes refers specifically to a bonsai plant)
plant material used as fuel (firewood, straw, leaves etc)
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  *芭* | 芭* | *芭
an unidentified fragrant plant mentioned in the Songs of Chu 楚辭|楚辞 / used in 芭蕉 / used in transliteration
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  *藜* | 藜* | *藜
name of weed plant (fat hen, goosefoot, pigweed etc) / Chenopodium album
plant (horticulture)
coltsfoot (Tussilago farfara), plant in sunflower family Asteracae used a cough suppressant
spider plant (Chlorophytum comosum)
cassava, a tropical tuber plant
(idiom) (of plants) verdant; lush
to grow (maize etc) from seed / to plant (maize etc) by sowing seed
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  *荀* | 荀* | *荀
(archaic) name of a plant mentioned in ancient texts / name of a state that existed during the Zhou dynasty in present-day Shanxi
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  *牝* | 牝* | *牝
(of a bird, animal or plant) female / keyhole / valley
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  *枯* | 枯* | *枯
(of plants) withered / (of wells, rivers etc) dried up / (bound form) dull; boring / (bound form) residue of pressed oilseeds
to cultivate (personal qualities) / (of forests etc) to support; to provide a suitable environment for the replenishment of (natural resources: groundwater, animals, plants etc)
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  *蘅* | 蘅* | *蘅
Asarum blumei (wild ginger plant)
to place in a certain position / to assign to a job / to plant / resettlement (old)
decorative mass planting of flowers and shrubs, often bounded by a low masonry border, and often part of a streetscape
chameleon plant; fish mint (Houttuynia cordata), esp. its edible rhizome
aquatic plants / water and grass (i.e. favorable foraging land for livestock or wild animals) / (Malaysia) (coll.) drinking straw
Myristicaceae (family of plants including nutmeg)
vegetation / plant cover
(of plants) to grow luxuriantly; (fig.) (of a family or business etc) to prosper; to flourish
Asteraceae or Compositae (composites), a large family of dicotyledonous plants producing scents, includes aster, daisy and sunflower
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  *荏* | 荏* | *荏
beefsteak plant (Perilla frutescens) / soft / weak

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