Chief of Chinese Chives

This noun is a homemade Chinese character, which means Chinese Chives. It has different pronunciations in different countries. In China, it’s called jiucai; in Japan, nira; in Korea, buchu; in India, maroinakuppi. Chinese Chives is a plant that can be found everywhere in the Chinese vegetable and food market. Nowadays, it is a metaphor for struggling. Furthermore, the homemade character is dynamic and can be extend unlimitedly, like Chinese Chives, grown up again and again after cut off.

「⺾韭」，是一个自造字，名词。它在不同国家有不同的读音，在中国，读作 「jiucai」;在日本，读作「nira」;在韩国，读作「buchu」;在印度，读作 「maroinakuppi」。它作为一种植物，在菜场里随处可⻅;在当代，又被赋予新的时代 语境，比喻生生不息。这个字具有动态性，可以上下或者左右无限延展。