liǎn
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 a trailing wild vine of the grape family (used in plant names like 白蔹)

Examples

白蔹可以入药
Báiliǎn de gēn kěyǐ rùyào.
The root of the white liana vine can be used as medicine.

Tips

usage
is a literary, botanical word and is rarely used alone. It mainly appears in plant names such as 白蔹 and 乌蔹莓, climbing vines of the grape family whose roots are used in traditional medicine.

Components

radical
cǎo
grass; plant
The 'grass' top marks as a plant name and is its indexing radical.
phonetic
liǎn
to gather in; phonetic element
The lower element supplies the sound for and suggests the vine's tendrils drawing in around whatever they climb.

Stroke Order

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