xiàn
Chinese spinach
Phonosemantic compound. 艹 represents the meaning and 见 represents the sound. Simplified form of 莧.
Components
Evolution
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)Traditional script
ModernSimplified script
ModernDefinitions
Most common words with 苋
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
amaranth (genus Amaranthus) | ||
amaranth greens (genus Amaranthus) | ||
Portulaca oleracea (common purslane) |
Component uses
Simplified component in 1 character (1 verified)
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
4820th most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 7 |
Traditional | |
Unicode | U+82CB |
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