莧 - Dong Chinese dictionary

xiàn

Chinese spinach

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

Components

艹 Meaning component

cao, cǎo

grass

艹 is a component form of 艸.

見 Sound component

jiàn, xiàn

see

Evolution

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

xiàn

edible greens; amaranth; amaranth (genus Amaranthus); Joseph's coat (Amaranthus tricolor); Chinese spinach (Amaranth mangostanus)

Most common words with 莧

Freq.	Word	Meaning
	苋	amaranth (genus Amaranthus)
	苋菜	amaranth greens (genus Amaranthus)
	马齿苋	Portulaca oleracea (common purslane)

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

4820th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

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