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菡

hàn
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 (in 菡萏) lotus blossom; lotus bud

Examples

HSK 7-9
菡萏开满了整个池塘。
Hàndàn kāi mǎn le zhěnggè chítáng.
Lotus blossoms covered the whole pond.
HSK 7-9
荷花的古称是菡萏。
Héhuā de gǔ chēng shì hàndàn.
The classical word for the lotus flower is hàndàn.

Tips

usage
菡 almost never stands alone, it pairs with 萏 to form 菡萏, a literary word for the lotus that appears in classical poetry. In everyday speech people just say 荷花.

Components

radical
艹 cǎo
grass; plant
The grass radical 艹 marks this as a plant word, appropriate, since the character names a flowering water plant.
phonetic
函 hán
to contain; envelope
函 supplies the sound (shifted from hán to hàn); its 'enclose' sense fits the closed lotus bud held inside its calyx.

Stroke Order

菡 hàn