Chinese Character Wiki

萱

xuān

day-lily

Components
艹 meaning component

艹  Meaning component

cao, cǎo

  

grass

plant

宣 sound component

宣  Sound component

xuān

  

declare, announce

Evolution

萱 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
萱 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
萱 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
萱 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

萱  

xuān

day-lily, Hemerocallis flava; orange day-lily (Hemerocallis flava)

萱 (萲) 

xuān

old variant of 萱[xuān]

Most common words with 萱
Freq.
Word
Meaning

萱

orange day-lily (Hemerocallis flava)

萱草

daylily

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

4243rd most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

12

Unicode

U+8431

Shuowen

“藼，令人亡憂艸也。从艸，憲聲。《詩》曰：‘安得藼艸。’蕿，或从煖；萱，或从宣。”


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