莼

莼

See also: 蒓

莼 U+83BC, 莼 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-83BC ← 莻 [U+83BB] CJK Unified Ideographs 莽 → [U+83BD]

Translingual

Etymology

Simplified from 蒓 (糸 → 纟)

Han character

莼 (radical 140, 艸+7, 13 strokes, cangjie input 廿女一山 (TVMU), composition ⿱艹纯)

1. An edible water plant, genus Brasenia.

References

• KangXi: not present, would follow page 1036, character 40
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 5, page 3227, character 4
• Unihan data for U+83BC

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Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 莼 – see 蒓 (“Brasenia schreberi water shield; an edible water; etc.”). (This character, 莼, is the simplified form of 蒓.)

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.