niān

withered

Components
艹 meaning component

  Meaning component

caocǎo

  

grass

grass

焉 sound component

  Sound component

yān

  

thereupon

Evolution

蔫 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
蔫 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

niān

withered, faded, decayed; calm; to fade; to wither; to wilt; listless

Most common words with 蔫
Freq.
Word
Meaning

to fade

发蔫

to wilt