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蓴
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莼
🇨🇳

an edible water

HSK 10
Nature →Plants
chún
シュン
ぬなわ
순
Components
Traditional (蓴)
艹 grass (top)+ 專 specialty =
蓴 an edible water
艹 Meaning component
cao grass (top)
grass
plant
專 Phonetic component
specialty
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Simplified (莼)
艹 grass (top)+ 纯 simple =
莼 an edible water plant-brasenia
艹 Meaning component
cao grass (top)
grass
plant
纯 Phonetic component
chún simple
pure, clean, simple
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Notes
Similar Characters
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Historical Evolution
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
蓴
Regular
Modern
Chinese
莼 / 蓴 [chún]
edible water plant; Brasenia schreberi
Japanese
沼縄 、 蓴 ぬなわ 同音
noun water shield (Brasenia schreberi)
Example Sentences
CHINESE WORDS (1)
莼菜 [chún​cài] #54,998
Brasenia schreberi
JAPANESE WORDS (3)
じゅん菜 [じゅんさい] #192,134
water shield (Brasenia schreberi)
沼縄 [ぬなわ] #246,456
water shield (Brasenia schreberi)
石蓴 [あおさ]
sea lettuce (Ulva spp.)