蘩

Information about character(s)

Radical: 艸
Radical Strokes: 6
Additional Strokes: 17
Total Strokes: 20

Pronunciation

Pinyin: fán
Cantonese: faan4
JapaneseKun: SHIROYOMOGI
JapaneseOn: HAN BON
Korean: PEN

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: Artemisia stellariana

CE-Dict: Artemisia stellariana

21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.a kind of herb; white southernwood

康熙字典文字版 【申集上】【艸字部】蘩
【唐韻】附袁切，音煩。【玉篇】白蒿也。【爾雅·釋草】蘩，皤蒿。【韻會】陸璣曰：春始生香，美可蒸食，秋名曰蒿，可以爲葅。【詩·周南】于以采蘩。又【豳風】采蘩祁祁。【傳】蘩所以生蠶。【正字通】蠶未出，煑蘩以沃之，則易出。　又【韻補】汾沿切。【左思·蜀都賦】攢蔣叢蒲，淥菱江蓮。雜以蘊藻，揉以蘋蘩。

CF-Dict: armoise blanche (Artemisia alba)