xìng

a water plant

Components
艹 meaning component

  Meaning component

caocǎo

  

grass

plant

行 sound component

  Sound component

xíngháng

  

walk

Evolution

荇 Seal script Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)

Seal script

Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
荇 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
荇 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
荇 Seal script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Seal script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
荇 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

xìng

a water plant, Nymphoides peltalum; yellow floating heart (Nymphoides peltatum)

Most common words with 荇
Freq.
Word
Meaning

yellow floating heart (Nymphoides peltatum)

荇菜

yellow floating heart (Nymphoides peltatum)