苋
xiàn

Chinese spinach

Phonosemantic compound. 艹 represents the meaning and 见 represents the sound. Simplified form of 莧.

Components

艹
艹 Meaning component
cao, cǎo grass

艹 is a component form of 艸.

见
见 Sound component
jiàn, xiàn, jian see

Component uses

Simplified (1)

宽

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode

莧 Chinese spinach Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 艹 represents the meaning and 見 represents the sound.

Components

艹
艹 Meaning component
cao, cǎo grass

艹 is a component form of 艸.

見
見 Sound component
jiàn, xiàn, jian see

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangɡreːns

說文解字

《說文》：“莧，莧菜也。从艸，見聲。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)