荇

Information about character(s)

Radical: 艸
Radical Strokes: 6
Additional Strokes: 6
Total Strokes: 9
Variants: 莕

Pronunciation

Pinyin: xìng
Cantonese: hang6
JapaneseKun: HANAJIYUNSAI
JapaneseOn: KOU GYOU
Korean: HAYNG
Vietnamese: hành

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: a water plant, Nymphoides peltalum

CE-Dict: yellow floating heart (Nymphoides peltatum)

康熙字典文字版 【申集上】【艸字部】荇
【唐韻】【正韻】何梗切【韻會】下梗切，𠀤音杏。【說文】莕，或从行。【陸佃曰】荇之言行也。【詩·周南】參差荇菜。【傳】接余也。【疏】白莖，葉紫赤色，正圓，徑寸餘。浮在水上，根在水底，與水深淺等。大如釵股，上靑下白。鬻其白根，以苦酒浸之，肥美可案酒。【韻會】池州人稱荇爲莕公鬚，蓋細莖亂生，有若鬚然。【洞冥記】靈池有連錢荇，荇如錢文。　又姓。【正字通】漢荇不意、荇吾。　或作䓷。

CF-Dict: Faux-nénuphar (Limnanthemum nymphoides)