Character: 莧
Modern (Beijing) reading: xiàn
Preclassic Old Chinese: g(h)rēns
Classic Old Chinese: g(h)rēnh
Western Han Chinese: grjānh (~ ɣ-)
Eastern Han Chinese: griānh (~ ɣ-)
Early Postclassic Chinese: giẹ̄̀n (~ ɣ-)
Middle Postclassic Chinese: giẹ̄̀n (~ ɣ-)
Late Postclassic Chinese: giẹ̄̀n (~ ɣ-)
Middle Chinese: ɣạ̈̀n
English meaning : a plant with red stem [LZ]
Russian meaning[s]: бот. бархатник, петуший гребешок (Amaranthus mangostanus)
Comments: Also used for *g(h)ʷrānʔ, MC ɣwạ́n, Pek. huàn "smile" (probably as a corruption of 莞 q.v.)
Radical: 140
Four-angle index: 7452
Karlgren code: 0241 h
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