荨 - Dong Chinese dictionary

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xún, qián

nettle

Phonosemantic compound. 艹 represents the meaning and 寻 represents the sound. Simplified form of 蕁.

Components

艹 Meaning component

cao, cǎo

grass

艹 is a component form of 艸.

寻 Sound component

xún

seek

Evolution

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Simplified script

Modern

Definitions

qián

nettle

Most common words with 荨

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

4259th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Sources