萱

Information about character(s)

Radical: 艸
Radical Strokes: 6
Additional Strokes: 9
Total Strokes: 12
Variants: 萲

Pronunciation

Pinyin: xuān
Cantonese: hyun1
JapaneseKun: KAYA
JapaneseOn: KEN
Korean: HWEN

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: day-lily, hemerocallisflava

CE-Dict: orange day-lily (Hemerocallis flava)

21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.[Botany] a day lily

康熙字典文字版 【申集上】【艸字部】萱
【唐韻】况袁切【集韻】許元切，𠀤音暄。【韻會】忘憂草，卽今之鹿蔥也。【說文】作藼。又从宣。【詩·衞風】焉得諼草，言樹之背。本又作萱。【本草註】花宜懷妊，婦人佩之必生男，故名宜男。◎按萱字《詩》作諼，《說文》作藼，又作蕿，《爾雅》又作萲。《正字通》獨以藼爲正，似泥。

Han-De-Dict: Taglilie, Hemerocallis flava (u.E.) (S, Bio)