蓘 (gǔn) · (classical) to bank soil around the roots of seedlings

Meanings

1 (classical) to bank soil around the roots of seedlings

Characters

蓘

gǔn

to bank soil around roots

Examples

HSK 7-9

古农书里蓘指给苗根培土。

Gǔ nóngshū lǐ gǔn zhǐ gěi miáo gēn péi tǔ.

In old farming texts this character means to heap soil around the roots of seedlings.

Tips

history

蓘 is not used in modern Chinese; it is a rare classical farming verb for banking earth around seedling roots. It is the grass radical 艹 over the phonetic 衮, the same phonetic in 滚 and 磙.

register

Classical agricultural vocabulary only; modern Chinese uses 培土 for banking soil.

Components

radical

艹 cǎo

grass; plant

艹 is the grass radical, the top form of 草. It supplies the meaning: this is a farming action done to plant seedlings.

phonetic

衮 gǔn

ceremonial dragon robe (phonetic)

衮 supplies the sound gǔn with no meaning contribution. The same phonetic gives the reading in 滚 and 磙.

No stroke data for 蓘; the glyph shown is your device font, so component strokes can't be highlighted.

Stroke Order

蓘 gǔn

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