hóng
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 (in 雪里蕻) potherb mustard
  2. 2 long tender stem of certain vegetables

Examples

Xuělǐhóng chǎo ròusī hěn xiàfàn.
Potherb mustard goes very well stir-fried with shredded pork.
Yān xuělǐhóng shì chángjiàn de jiācháng shícái.
Pickled potherb mustard is a common home-style ingredient.

Tips

usage
Most learners meet this character only in the dish name 雪里蕻 (potherb mustard, also written 雪菜). A second, literary reading means 'luxuriant; flourishing' or the long stem of a vegetable, but it is rare in everyday speech.

Components

radical
cǎo
grass; plant (top radical)
The grass radical on top, a flattened form of . It marks as a leafy vegetable, the same family as and .
phonetic
hòng
uproar (phonetic)
Below the grass cap sits a -based body that carries the sound hóng/hòng. The shared phonetic core links the reading to other hóng-family characters built on .

Stroke Order

hóng