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day-lily

HSK 10
Nature →Plants
xuān
ケン
かや、かんぞう
훤
Components
艹 grass (top)+ 宣 proclaim =
萱 day-lily
艹 Meaning component
cao grass (top)
grass
plant
宣 Phonetic component
xuān proclaim
declare, announce, proclaim
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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 Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
萱
Regular
Modern
Chinese
萱 [xuān]
orange day-lily (Hemerocallis flava)
Japanese
茅 、 萱 かや 同音
noun grass used for thatching; sedge used for thatching
Example Sentences
Japanese Names
萱 かや
Kaya female given namesurname
CHINESE WORDS (2)
萱草 [xuān​cǎo] #57,053
Hemerocallis fulva
萱堂 [xuān​táng]
mother (honorific designation)
JAPANESE WORDS (15)
茅 [かや] #43,315
grass used for thatching
茅葺き [かやぶき] #87,620
thatching a roof (with grass)
刈萱 [かるかや] #196,600
Themeda triandra var. japonica (variety of kangaroo grass)
忘れ草 [わすれぐさ] #219,158
orange daylily (Hemerocallis fulva)
萱草 [かんぞう] #220,185
daylily (any flower of the family Hemerocallis)
茅門 [かやもん] #299,799
thatched-roof gate (used as the entrance to a garden, esp. of a tea ceremony house)
茅葺き屋根 [かやぶきやね]
thatched roof
油茅 [あぶらがや]
abura-gaya (Scirpus wichurai)
浜萱草 [はまかんぞう]
orange daylily (Hemerocallis fulva var. littorea)
萱堂 [けんどう]
mother
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