Chinese Character Wiki

荏

rěn

beans

Components
艹 meaning component

艹  Meaning component

cao, cǎo

  

grass

herb

任 sound component

任  Sound component

rèn, rén

  

responsibility

Evolution

荏 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
荏 Clerical script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
荏 Seal script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Seal script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
荏 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

荏  

rěn

beans; soft, pliable; herb; beefsteak plant (Perilla frutescens); soft; weak

Most common words with 荏
Freq.
Word
Meaning

荏

soft

荏苒

(literary) (of time) to slip away

色厉内荏

a sheep in wolf's clothing

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*n[ə]mʔ (< *num?)

nyimX

rěn

a kind of big beans


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

5660th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

9

Unicode

U+834F

Shuowen

“荏，桂荏，蘇。从艸，任聲。”


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