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芟
🇹🇼🇭🇰🇨🇳🇯🇵🇰🇷

weed

HSK 10
Nature →Plants →Grasses
shān
セン、サン
か.る
삼
Depicts using a tool (殳) to cut out or mow grass (艹).
Components
艹 grass (top)+ 殳 weapon or tool =
芟 weed
艹 Iconic component
cao grass (top)
grass
艹 is a component form of 艸.
殳 Iconic component
shū weapon or tool
name of old weapon
Notes
Similar Characters
春 springtime甍 rafters supporting roof盖 hide (simp)着 arrive/wear繭 cocoon (trad/jp)艺 art (simp)艻 sweet basil艽 a root艾 Chinese mugwort艿 taro节 knot (simp)芄 Metaplexis stauntoni芊 exuberant and vigorous芋 taro芍 peony芎 a kind of herb芏 Cyperus malaccensis芑 white millet芒 mango芗 fragrant smell of grain (simp)
Historical Evolution
Oracle (~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle
(~1250-1000 BC)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
芟
Regular
Modern
Chinese
芟 [shān]
to cut down; to mow; to eliminate; scythe
Example Sentences
JAPANESE WORDS (1)
芟除 [さんじょ] #188,351
cutting away