Hanja Analyzer
莧

莧 — hyeon

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
비름 현
Romanization
hyeon
English
edible greens; amaranth
Mandarin
xiàn
Japanese on'yomi
カン, ケン, ゲン
Japanese kun'yomi
ひゆ
Japanese usage
Not on either list
Strokes
10
Radical
艸 (140, 7 residual)
Phonetic component
見(현)
Unicode
U+83A7

Japanese words with 莧

  • 莧ひゆ Joseph's-coat (Amaranthus tricolor); tampala
  • 針莧はりびゆ spiny amaranth (Amaranthus spinosus); spiny pigweed; prickly amaranth
  • 模様莧もようびゆ calico plant (Alternanthera ficoidea)
  • 穂長犬莧ほながいぬびゆ slender amaranth (Amaranthus viridis); green amaranth

Characters sharing the phonetic 見

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike. Most of this group are read “현” in Korean.

Other hanja read “현”

Other hanja with radical 艸

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