荇 - Dong Chinese dictionary

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xìng

a water plant

Components

艹 Meaning component

cao, cǎo

grass

plant

行 Sound component

xíng, háng

walk

Evolution

Seal script

Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

xìng

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

Most common words with 荇

Freq.	Word	Meaning
	荇	yellow floating heart (Nymphoides peltatum)
	荇菜	yellow floating heart (Nymphoides peltatum)

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese	Middle Chinese	Pinyin	Gloss
*[g]ˤraŋʔ	haengX	xìng	Limnanthemum nymphoides

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

6456th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

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