莧

See also: 苋

Translingual

Han character

莧 (radical 140 艸+7, 13 strokes, cangjie input 廿月山山 (TBUU), four-corner 4421₆)

1. amaranth

References

• KangXi: page 1035, character 9
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 31074
• Dae Jaweon: page 1494, character 9
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 5, page 3218, character 3
• Unihan data for U+83A7

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Cantonese

Hanzi

莧 (simplified 苋, Yale yin6)

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Japanese

Kanji

莧

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. edible greens
2. amaranth

Readings

• On: かん (kan), げん (gen), けん (ken)
• Kun: ひゆ (hiyu)

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Korean

Hanja

莧 (hyeon) (hangeul 현, revised hyeon, Yale hyen)

1. (비름): amaranth, amaranthus

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Mandarin

Hanzi

莧 (simplified 苋, Pinyin xiàn (xian4), Wade-Giles hsien⁴)

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