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萱

xuān

Character

What 萱 means

1. orange day-lily (Hemerocallis flava)

Other readings

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

• xuānold variant of {萱|xuān}
• xuānold variant of {萱|xuān}
• xuānold variant of {萱|xuān}
• xuānold variant of {萱|xuān}

Words starting with 萱

• 萱堂xuān tángmother (honorific designation)
• 萱草xuān cǎoHemerocallis fulva; daylily

Characters built on 宣

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

• 渲xuànwash (color)
• 喧xuānclamor; noise
• 暄xuāngenial and warm
• 瑄xuānornamental piece of jade
• 煊xuānvariant of 暄
• 楦xuàn(wooden) shoe last; variant of 楦
• 揎xuānto roll up one's sleeves; to slap with the palm

Characters that look like 萱

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

• 量liàngcapacity; quantity; amount
• 营yíngcamp; barracks; battalion
• 蒙méng(literary) sincere; honest; genuine
• 董dǒngto supervise; to direct; director
• 菱líng(bound form) water caltrop (Trapa species)
• 萸yúused in 茱萸

Sounds the same

Read xuān, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 宣to declare (publicly); to announce
• 喧clamor; noise
• 暄genial and warm
• 轩pavilion with a view; high; tall
• 瑄ornamental piece of jade
• 揎to roll up one's sleeves; to slap with the palm
• 儇(literary) ingenious; (literary) frivolous
• 愃well-being
• 晅light of the sun; to dry in the sun
• 箮bamboo flower; flowering bamboo
• 翾flirtatious; short flight
• 蓒a kind of smelly water plant