芊萰
qiān​liàn

lush

芊 qiān, qiàn exuberant and vigorous foliage

A thousand 千 plants 艹; 千 also provides the pronunciation

Components

艹
艹 Meaning component
cao, cǎo grass
千
千 SoundMeaning component
qiān thousand

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangsn̥ʰiːn
sn̥ʰiːns
Unicodetsen

說文解字

艸盛也。从艸千聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

萰 liàn

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangɡ·reːns

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica