xìng
a water plant
Evolution

Seal script
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal script
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)Regular script
ModernDefinitions
Most common words with 荇
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
---|---|---|
yellow floating heart (Nymphoides peltatum) | ||
yellow floating heart (Nymphoides peltatum) |
Historical pronunciation
Old Chinese | Middle Chinese | Pinyin | Gloss |
*[g]ˤraŋʔ | haengX | xìng | Limnanthemum nymphoides |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
6456th most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 9 |
Unicode | U+8347 |
Shuowen | “莕,菨餘也。从艸,杏聲。荇,莕或从行同。” |
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