xiǎn

moss

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components
艹 meaning component

  Meaning component

caocǎo

  

grass

is a component form of .

鮮 sound component

  Sound component

xiānxiǎn

  

fresh

Evolution

蘚 Clerical script Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)

Clerical script

Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
蘚 Seal script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Seal script

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

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

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xiǎn

moss, lichen; moss; lichen; moss on damp walls; used erroneously for |

Most common words with 蘚
Freq.
Word
Meaning

苔藓

moss

moss

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

4187th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

20

Simplified

Unicode

U+861A


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