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苋

xiàn

Character Traditional 莧

What 苋 means

1. amaranth (genus Amaranthus)
2. Joseph's coat (Amaranthus tricolor)
3. Chinese spinach (Amaranth mangostanus)

Words starting with 苋

• 苋科xiàn kēAmaranthaceae, family of herbaceous plants containing Chinese spinach…
• 苋菜xiàn càiamaranth greens (genus Amaranthus); Chinese spinach (Amaranth mangostanus)

Words containing 苋

• 刺苋cì xiànprickly amaranth (Amaranthus spinosus)
• 白苋bái xiànwhite amaranth (Amaranthus albus); sprouts and tender leaves of Chinese spinach…
• 马齿苋mǎ chǐ xiànPortulaca oleracea (common purslane)
• 白苋紫茄bái xiàn zǐ qiéwhite amaranth, purple eggplant (idiom); common foodstuff, unpretentious lifestyle

Characters built on 见

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

• 现xiànto appear; present; now
• 舰jiànwarship
• 岘xiànabbr. for 岘首山; Mt Xianshou in Hubei; steep hill
• 蚬xiǎnbasket clam (clam of family Corbiculidae); (esp.) Corbicula leana 真蚬
• 笕jiǎnbamboo conduit; water pipe of bamboo
• 枧jiǎnbamboo conduit; wooden peg; spout

Characters that look like 苋

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 里lǐlining; interior; inside
• 页yèpage; leaf
• 茎jīngstalk; stem
• 觅mì(literary) to seek; to find
• 茉mòused in 茉莉
• 苴jū(hemp); sack cloth

Sounds the same

Read xiàn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 现to appear; present; now
• 线thread; string; wire
• 羡to envy
• 限to limit; to restrict; (bound form) limit
• 献to offer; to present; to dedicate
• 县county; (Japan) prefecture
• 宪statute; constitution
• 陷pitfall; trap; to get stuck
• 馅filling; stuffing (for dumplings, pies etc)
• 见to appear; also written 现
• 腺gland
• 霰graupel; snow pellet; soft hail