莧

See also: 苋 and 萈

Translingual

Han character

莧 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+7, 11 strokes in traditional Chinese and Korean, 10 strokes in mainland China and Japanese, cangjie input 廿月山山 (TBUU), four-corner 4421₆, composition ⿱艹見)

Usage notes

• This character contains the grass radical (艹) and is not to be confused with visually similar 萈 (U+8408) which contains the ram's horn component (⻀) and an additional 丶 stroke on the top right of 儿 below 目.

Derived characters

• 𦎽, 寛, 𪢯

Related characters

• 苋 (Simplified Chinese)

References

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

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Chinese

trad.		莧
simp.		苋

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 莧
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

Characters in the same phonetic series (見) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
涀	*ɡeːlʔ, *kʰeːns, *ɡeːns
莧	*ɡreːns
粯	*ɡreːns
晛	*ŋl'eːns, *ɡeːnʔ
筧	*keːnʔ
絸	*keːnʔ
垷	*keːnʔ, *ɡeːnʔ
挸	*keːnʔ
見	*keːns, *ɡeːns
俔	*kʰeːns, *ɡeːnʔ
蜆	*kʰeːns, *qʰeːnʔ, *ɡeːnʔ
硯	*ŋɡeːn, *ŋɡeːns
峴	*ɡeːnʔ
哯	*ɡeːnʔ
睍	*ɡeːnʔ
現	*ɡeːns

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiàn (xian⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jin⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siàn
    • Wade–Giles: hsien⁴
    • Yale: syàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiann
    • Palladius: сянь (sjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: jin⁶
    • Yale: yihn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jin⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: yin⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiːn²²/

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• Middle Chinese: heanH

Rime
Character	莧
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	匣 (33)
Final (韻)	山 (73)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	侯襇切
Baxter	heanH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦˠɛnH/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦᵚænH/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣænH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦəɨnH/
Li Rong	/ɣɛnH/
Wang Li	/ɣænH/
Bernard Karlgren	/ɣănH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xiàn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	haan6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɡreːns/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	莧
Reading #	1/1
No.	6185
Phonetic component	見
Rime group	元
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime
Old Chinese	/*ɡreːns/
Notes	見爾雅

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 莧

1. edible amaranth (Amaranthus tricolor)

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Japanese

Kanji

莧

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. amaranth; amaranthus

Readings

• Go-on: けん (ken); げん (gen)
• Kan-on: かん (kan)
• Kun: ひゆ (hiyu, 莧)

Compounds

• 犬莧(イヌビユ) (inubiyu): Amaranthus blitum
• 針莧(ハリビユ) (haribiyu):
• 滑莧(スベリヒユ) (suberihiyu): Portulaca oleracea

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Korean

Hanja

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

1. (비름): amaranth, amaranthus

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 莧 (hiện)

1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

References

• Nom Foundation