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菀

wǎn
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 (in 紫菀) aster, a medicinal flower

Examples

HSK 5
紫菀的根可以入药止咳。
Zǐwǎn de gēn kěyǐ rù yào zhǐké.
The root of the aster is used in cough medicine.
HSK 5
秋天花园里开着紫菀。
Qiūtiān huāyuán lǐ kāi zhe zǐwǎn.
Asters bloom in the garden in autumn.

Tips

usage
In modern use this character appears almost only in 紫菀 (aster), whose dried root is a cough-relieving herb. An old literary reading 菀 means 'luxuriant growth' but is confined to classical poetry.

Components

radical
艹 cǎo
grass; plant
The grass radical 艹 on top marks 菀 as a plant - here a flowering herb. It belongs to the wide grass-radical family of medicinal plant names.
phonetic
宛 wǎn
winding; as if
Below the cap, 宛 supplies the sound wǎn directly. The same phonetic gives the reading in 婉 'graceful' and 碗 'bowl'.

Stroke Order

菀 wǎn