蓘 (gǔn): (classical) to bank soil around…

Meanings

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

Characters

蓘

gǔn

to bank soil around roots

Examples

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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