蓴

Information about character(s)

Radical: 艸
Radical Strokes: 6
Additional Strokes: 11
Total Strokes: 14
Simplified Form: 莼
Variants: 蒓

Pronunciation

Pinyin: tuán, chún
Cantonese: seon4
JapaneseKun: NUNAWA
JapaneseOn: SHUN JUN
Korean: SWUN

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: edible water plant, bracenia

CE-Dict: edible water plant/Brasenia schreberi

21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.[Botany] water shield; Brasenia schreberi

說文解字 - Shuowen: 《艸部》蓴蒲叢也。从艸專聲。

康熙字典文字版 【申集上】【艸字部】蓴
【唐韻】常倫切【集韻】【正韻】殊倫切，𠀤音純。【類篇】蓴菜。【韻會】水葵也。【陸佃云】蓴逐水而性滑，故亦謂之淳菜。【綱目集覽】蓴生水中，葉似鳧葵，採莖可噉。三月至八月，莖細如釵股，名曰絲蓴。九月至十月漸粗，在泥中，名曰瑰蓴。【顏氏家訓】梁世有蔡朗，諱純。旣不涉學，遂呼蓴爲露葵。　亦作蒓。見蒓字註。　又【說文】蒲叢也。　又【類篇】徒官切，音團。草叢生貌。

CF-Dict: brasenia/cabombaceae