芝 Strokes Write it Listen 芝 zhī sesame; a magical mushroom HSK 7–9 6 strokes Radical 艹 Sound + meaning 2 words Built from艹meaningcǎograss, weed, plant, herb之soundzhīmarks preceding phrase as modifier of following phrase; it, him her, them; to go to How it works艹 hints at the meaning (plant), and 之 zhī hints at the sound.