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luxuriance of growth

HSK 10
Nature →Plants →Grasses
wǎn
エン、オン、ウツ、ウチ、ウン
その、つ.む
울
Components
艹 grass (top)+ 宛 winding =
菀 luxuriance of growth
艹 Meaning component
cao grass (top)
grass
grass
宛 Phonetic component
wǎn winding
seem, as if, crooked
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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
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Seal
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
菀
Regular
Modern
Chinese
菀 [wǎn]
luxuriance of growth
Example Sentences
CHINESE WORDS (2)
阿尔泰紫菀 [ā​'ěr​tài​zǐ​wǎn]
flower or herb of Heteropappus altaicus (used in TCM)
阿尔泰紫菀 [ā​'ěr​tài​zǐ​wǎn]
flower or herb of Heteropappus altaicus (used in TCM)
JAPANESE WORDS (3)
紫苑 [しおん] #43,967
aster (Aster tataricus)
姫女苑 [ひめじょおん]
daisy (Erigeron annuus)
春紫菀 [ハルジオン]
Philadelphia fleabane (Erigeron philadelphicus)