Read Edit View history 莧 xiàn Chinese spinach Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Phonosemantic compound. 艹 represents the meaning and 見 represents the sound. Pinyin Separate values with commas Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas 苋 × Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint 艹 is a component form of 艸. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 莧 Simp strokes 莧 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 莧 Simp strokes 莧 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 莧 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 343, 803 ], [ 385, 775 ], [ 412, 620 ] ], [ [ 156, 684 ], [ 194, 669 ], [ 229, 666 ], [ 487, 720 ] ], [ [ 588, 872 ], [ 612, 855 ], [ 624, 836 ], [ 570, 634 ] ], [ [ 567, 735 ], [ 620, 728 ], [ 777, 749 ], [ 817, 746 ], [ 849, 735 ] ], [ [ 303, 576 ], [ 328, 551 ], [ 333, 529 ], [ 328, 276 ], [ 333, 233 ] ], [ [ 360, 563 ], [ 375, 551 ], [ 594, 597 ], [ 617, 590 ], [ 640, 568 ], [ 650, 552 ], [ 642, 478 ], [ 644, 302 ], [ 634, 222 ] ], [ [ 360, 449 ], [ 379, 459 ], [ 500, 486 ], [ 531, 489 ], [ 552, 484 ] ], [ [ 362, 352 ], [ 371, 363 ], [ 478, 382 ], [ 539, 390 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555 349 565 Z", "M 600 265 Q 601 253 610 240 Q 623 209 634 210 Q 649 211 666 246 Q 682 273 681 295 Q 660 494 696 544 Q 708 560 699 572 Q 671 597 620 619 Q 604 625 580 616 Q 505 583 349 565 C 319 561 329 529 359 534 Q 363 534 370 535 Q 481 562 561 575 Q 589 581 599 566 Q 612 548 611 489 Q 612 336 605 295 L 600 265 Z", "M 356 443 Q 363 442 376 444 Q 475 463 548 474 Q 569 478 561 489 Q 551 502 529 506 Q 508 509 471 498 Q 408 480 356 466 C 327 458 326 444 356 443 Z", "M 355 345 Q 361 345 370 346 Q 476 364 555 375 Q 576 378 569 389 Q 559 402 537 407 Q 519 410 355 371 C 326 364 325 344 355 345 Z", "M 533 260 Q 567 264 600 265 C 630 266 632 282 605 295 Q 598 299 588 302 Q 567 306 354 274 C 324 270 321 246 351 246 Q 358 246 368 246 L 404 248 Q 450 254 494 257 L 533 260 Z", "M 368 246 Q 368 144 251 57 Q 248 56 247 54 Q 216 27 143 -14 Q 134 -20 140 -25 Q 164 -38 256 7 Q 335 43 411 154 Q 424 172 439 188 Q 449 195 445 207 Q 441 219 413 242 Q 409 246 404 248 C 379 265 369 272 368 246 Z", "M 494 257 Q 494 253 497 245 Q 510 208 508 173 Q 502 56 512 24 Q 519 -4 545 -29 Q 641 -101 837 -68 Q 852 -64 868 -60 Q 916 -45 962 -11 Q 983 5 968 33 Q 953 61 933 149 Q 933 165 925 170 Q 918 173 914 155 Q 889 61 871 31 Q 855 12 806 -2 Q 692 -32 603 4 Q 566 20 557 43 Q 539 76 560 220 Q 566 245 533 260 C 508 277 486 286 494 257 Z" ] } 11 strokes Historical Pronunciations Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss + Add historical pronunciation Sources × Quick add: 漢語多功能字庫季旭昇《說文新證》李学勤《字源》zi.toolsChinese Text Project許進雄《簡明中國文字學》 + Add source Verified Edit Comment (required) Submit Edit Note: The form works without JavaScript but the tag/list editors are simplified.