làng
noun #91,431

Meanings

  1. 1 henbane (in the compound 莨菪, a poisonous medicinal plant)

Examples

Làngdàng dúxìng hěn qiáng, dàn gēn kě rùyào.
Henbane is highly poisonous, but its root is used in medicine.
莨菪黄褐色天仙子
Làngdàng kāi huánghèsè de huā, yòu jiào tiānxiānzǐ.
Henbane bears purplish-brown flowers and is also called 'heavenly fairy seed'.

Tips

usage
Bound to 莨菪 ('henbane'), a toxic nightshade whose alkaloids are used pharmaceutically. In the separate plant name 薯莨 (a tuber that yields a brown dye) the same character is read liáng.

Components

radical
cǎo
grass; plant
The grass radical on top, the compressed form of . It marks the character as a plant name — fitting for a poisonous medicinal herb.
phonetic
liáng
good; fine
Supplies the sound. Standalone reads liáng — exactly the reading this character keeps in 薯莨; in 莨菪 it shifts to làng. Phonetic only, no meaning.

Stroke Order

làng