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Simplified: 苋

xiàn ㄒㄧㄢˋ

    • amaranth (genus Amaranthus)
    • Joseph's coat (Amaranthus tricolor)
    • Chinese spinach (Amaranth mangostanus)

Other words read xiàn

In the same tone

  • 見 xiàn appear
  • 縣 xiàn county
  • 現 xiàn appear
  • 線 xiàn thread
  • 獻 xiàn offer

All 21 words read xiàn

xian with other tones

  • 先 xiān beforehand
  • 顯 xiǎn make visible
  • 仙 xiān immortal
  • 弦 xián bow string
  • 鮮 xiān fresh

All 74 words read xian in any tone

The stroke order and parts of 莧

    部首 radical
    艹 a form of 艸
    笔画 strokes
    10, with 7 after the 部首 The drawing takes 11 strokes, writing 艹 in another form.
    结构 structure
    上下结构
    偏旁 parts
    艹見
    形旁 meaning
    艹
    声旁 sound
    見
    Practise writing 莧

    Trace 莧, then write it from memory. Each stage is passed five times.

    Words with 莧

    Starting with 莧

    • 莧菜 xiàncài amaranth greens
    • 莧科 xiànkē Amaranthaceae, family of herbaceous plants containing Chinese spinach (Amaranthus inamoenus) 苋菜 xiàncài

    Ending with 莧

    • 馬齒莧 mǎchǐxiàn Portulaca oleracea
    • 刺莧 cìxiàn prickly amaranth
    • 白莧 báixiàn white amaranth

    Containing 莧

    • 白莧紫茄 báixiànzǐqié white amaranth, purple eggplant

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