qiàn
plant allied to the waterlily
Evolution
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)Regular script
ModernDefinitions
qiàn
plant allied to the waterlily; Gorgon plant; fox nut (Gorgon euryale or Euryale ferox); makhana (Hindi)
Most common words with 芡
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
Gorgon plant | ||
to thicken with cornstarch | ||
cornstarch | ||
cooking starch |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
5200th most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 7 |
Unicode | U+82A1 |
Shuowen | “芡，雞頭也。从艸，欠聲。” |
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