Chinese Character Wiki

蒹

jiān

reed

Components
艹 meaning component

艹  Meaning component

cao, cǎo

  

grass

grass

兼 sound component

兼  Sound component

jiān

  

double

Evolution

蒹 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
蒹 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

蒹  

jiān

reed, phragmites communis; reed

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*[k]ˤem

kem

jiān

rush, sedge


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

6704th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

13

Unicode

U+84B9

Shuowen

“蒹，雚之未秀者。从艸，兼聲。”


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