qián
noun #39,250

Meanings

  1. 1 used in 荨麻, the nettle plant

Examples

Pèng dào qiánmá huì ràng pífū yòu yǎng yòu cìtòng.
Touching nettles makes the skin itch and sting.

Tips

history
does not stand alone in modern Chinese. It occurs in 荨麻 (nettle) and the skin condition 荨麻疹 (hives), where it is commonly read xún. Built on the grass radical , as a plant name.
usage
Two readings exist for the same character. The plant 荨麻 is read qián; the medical 荨麻疹 is usually read xún in everyday speech.

Components

radical
cǎo
grass; plant
The grass radical (top form of ) marks as a plant and is its indexing radical.
phonetic
xún
to search; (here) phonetic
The element supplies the sound; it directly gives the xún reading and, shifted, the qián reading of .

Stroke Order

qián