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蘅

héng

Character

What 蘅 means

1. Asarum blumei (wild ginger plant)

Words starting with 蘅

• 蘅芜héng wúAsarum blumei (ginger plant)
• 蘅塘退士Héng táng Tuì shìassumed name of Sun Zhu 孙诛

Words containing 蘅

• 杜蘅dù héngAsarum forbesii (wild ginger plant)

Sounds the same

Read héng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 衡to weigh; weight; measure
• 横horizontal; across; crosswise
• 恒permanent; constant; fixed
• 行used in 道行
• 珩top gem of pendant from girdle
• 鸻plover
• 姮feminine name (old)
• 胻calf (lower leg); (arch.) belly
• 揘used in 揘毕
• 𨱑bell
• 鑅(onomatopoeia) for sound of bell (arch.)
• 桁pole plate; purlin (cross-beam in roof); ridge-pole

Go deeper

• How characters are built from components.
• How to learn Chinese characters.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read héng correctly.
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