bàn

petal

Components
辛 unknown component

  Unknown component

xīn

  

laborious

瓜 meaning component

  Meaning component

guā

  

melon

melon

辛 unknown component

  Unknown component

xīn

  

laborious

Evolution

瓣 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
瓣 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

bàn

petal; segment; valves; clove (of garlic); piece; section; fragment; valve; lamella; classifier for pieces, segments etc

Most common words with 瓣
Freq.
Word
Meaning

petal

花瓣

petal

豆瓣

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瓣膜

valve (biological)

二尖瓣

mitral valve (physiology)