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茜

qiàn

Character

What 茜 means

1. bound formIndian madder; munjeet (Rubia cordifolia)
2. bound formmadder red; dark red; alizarin crimson

Other readings

茜 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• xīused in the transliteration of people's names

Words starting with 茜

• 茜素qiàn sùalizarin
• 茜草qiàn cǎoIndian madder; munjeet (Rubia cordifolia)

Words containing 茜

• 假芫茜jiǎ yuán qiànEryngium foetidum
• 凯茜·弗里曼Kǎi xī Fú lǐ mànCathy Freeman (1973–), Australian sprinter

Characters that look like 茜

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

• 虽suīalthough; even though
• 苗miáosprout
• 昌chāng(bound form) prosperous; flourishing
• 荼túthistle; common sowthistle (Sonchus oleraceus); bitter (taste)
• 莴wōused in 莴苣; used in 莴笋
• 莪ézedoary (Curcuma zedoaria), plant rhizome similar to turmeric

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
• 纤boatman's tow-rope
• 堑(bound form) moat; chasm
• 芡Gorgon plant; fox nut (Gorgon euryale or Euryale ferox); makhana (Hindi)
• 皘white
• 篟luxuriant growth of bamboo
• 蒨luxuriant growth
• 慊dissatisfied
• 椠wooden tablet; edition