茗 - Dong Chinese dictionary

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míng

tea

Phonosemantic compound. 艹 represents the meaning and 名 represents the sound.

Components

艹 Meaning component

cao, cǎo

grass

艹 is a component form of 艸.

名 Sound component

míng

name

Evolution

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

míng

tea; tea plant; Thea sinensis; young leaves of tea

Most common words with 茗

Freq.	Word	Meaning
	茗	Thea sinensis
	品茗	to taste tea

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

4030th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

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