Chinese Character Wiki

蔫

niān

withered

Components
艹 meaning component

艹  Meaning component

cao, cǎo

  

grass

grass

焉 sound component

焉  Sound component

yān

  

thereupon

Evolution

蔫 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
蔫 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

蔫  

niān

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

Most common words with 蔫
Freq.
Word
Meaning

蔫

to fade

发蔫

to wilt

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

4737th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

14

Unicode

U+852B

Shuowen

“蔫，菸也。从艸，焉聲。”


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