懂中文 Dong Chinese

莧

xiàn

Chinese spinach

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

Components
艹 meaning component

艹  Meaning component

cao, cǎo

  

grass

艹 is a component form of 艸.

見 sound component

見  Sound component

jiàn, xiàn

  

see

Evolution

莧 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
莧 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

苋 (莧) 

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)