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韱

🇹🇼🇭🇰🇨🇳🇯🇵🇰🇷

wild onions or leeks

HSK 10

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xiān

セン

やまにら

Phonosemantic compound. 㦰 represents the sound and 韭 represents the meaning.

Components

㦰 to break off+ 韭 chives =

韱 wild onions or leeks

㦰 Phonetic component

jiān to break off

to break off (relations)

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韭 Meaning component

jiǔ chives

variant of 韭[jiǔ]

Notes

Similar Characters

韰齑 break or smash (simp)

Historical Evolution

Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)

Clerical

Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)

Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

韱

Regular

Modern

Chinese

韱 [xiān]

wild onions or leeks

Example Sentences