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芡

qiàn

Character

What 芡 means

1. Gorgon plant
2. fox nut (Gorgon euryale or Euryale ferox)
3. makhana (Hindi)

Words starting with 芡

• 芡实qiàn shíGorgon fruit; Semen euryales (botany); see also 鸡头米
• 芡粉qiàn fěncornstarch; powder made from Gorgon fruit

Words containing 芡

• 勾芡gōu qiànto thicken with cornstarch
• 粉芡fěn qiàncooking starch; pasty mixture of starch and water

Characters built on 欠

These share the phonetic component 欠 (qiàn), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 歉qiànto apologize; to regret; deficient
• 嵌qiànto inlay; to embed; Taiwan pr. qiān

Sounds the same

Read qiàn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 歉to apologize; to regret; deficient
• 欠to owe; to lack; (literary) to be deficient in
• 嵌to inlay; to embed; Taiwan pr. qiān
• 倩pretty; winsome; to ask for sb's help
• 茜(bound form) Indian madder; munjeet (Rubia cordifolia); (bound form) madder red…
• 纤boatman's tow-rope
• 堑(bound form) moat; chasm
• 皘white
• 篟luxuriant growth of bamboo
• 蒨luxuriant growth
• 慊dissatisfied
• 椠wooden tablet; edition