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莶

xiān

Character Traditional 薟

What 莶 means

1. used in {豨莶|xī xiān}
2. Taiwan pr. liàn

Other readings

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

• liǎnvariant of {蔹|liǎn}; Taiwan pr. liàn

Words containing 莶

• 豨莶xī xiāncommon St. Paul's wort; Indian weed (Sigesbeckia orientalis)

Sounds the same

Read xiān, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 先beforehand; first; earlier; at first; originally; for the time being; for now
• 鲜fresh; bright (in color); delicious
• 纤fine; delicate; minute
• 仙immortal
• 掀to lift (a lid); to rock; to convulse
• 暹sunrise
• 酰acid radical; -acyl (chemistry)
• 秈common rice
• 氙xenon (chemistry)
• 锨shovel
• 跹to manner of dancing; to walk around
• 祆Ahura Mazda, the creator deity in Zoroastrianism