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菡

hàn
noun

Meanings

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

Examples

菡萏开满了整个池塘。
Hàndàn kāi mǎn le zhěnggè chítáng.
Lotus blossoms covered the whole pond.
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