yányuán

daphne genkwa

Components
艹 meaning component

  Meaning component

caocǎo

  

grass

plant

元 sound component

  Sound component

yuán

  

first

Evolution

芫 Bronze script Early Spring and Autumn (~700 BC)

Bronze script

Early Spring and Autumn (~700 BC)
芫 Seal script Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)

Seal script

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

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
芫 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

yán

daphne genkwa, poisonous plant

 

yuán

lilac daphne (Daphne genkwa), used in Chinese herbal medicine

Most common words with 芫
Freq.
Word
Meaning

芫荽

coriander (Coriandrum sativum)

lilac daphne (Daphne genkwa), used in Chinese herbal medicine

芫花

lilac daphne

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

5350th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

7

Unicode

U+82AB

Shuowen

“芫,魚毒也。从艸,元部。”


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