芥 jiè | gài
: mustard
Kun Reading
芥 | ごみ gomi OR あくた akuta
noun
: rubbish; trash; garbage; refuse
On Reading
カイ kai
ケ ke
芥末 jie4mo: mustard; wasabi
芥菜 jie4cai4: mustard (Brassica juncea)
[芥子菜 | からしな karashina: Indian mustard; leaf mustard; mustard plant]
拾芥 shi2jie4: to pick up cress; fig. something easy to do; a piece of cake
荊[荆]芥 jing1jie4: schizonepeta, herb used in Chinese medicine
水田芥 shui3tian2 jie4: watercress
芥藍[蓝] gai4lan2: Chinese broccoli; Chinese kale; cabbage mustard; Brassica oleracea var. alboglabra
[芥藍 | カイラン kairan: kai-lan; gai-lan; Chinese broccoli]
Japanese common word
芥袋 | ごみぶくろ gomi bukuro: garbage bag
芥箱 | ごみばこ gomi bako: garbage can; garbage box; rubbish bin; trash can; dust bin; dustbin
洋芥子 | ようがらし yougarashi: mustard
厨芥 | ちゅうかい chuukai: kitchen waste
廚餘[厨余] chu2yu2: kitchen waste; food waste (recycling)
芥虫 | ごみむし gomimushi
: (kana only) ground beetle; carabid (esp. of superfamily Caraboidea, but excluding subfamily Carabinae)
: Anisodactylus signatus (species of ground beetle)
Chinese expression
視如土芥 [视如土芥] shi4 ru2 tu3 jie4
: to regard as useless; to view as no better than weeds
形声 Pictophonetic.
艹 (cao4: grass radical 140) suggests the meaning while
介 (jie4: between; forerunner; harbinger) provides the sound.
Examples:
none applicable
Resources: Chinese Dictionary | Japanese Dictionary