Chinese Word: 葑 - Talking Chinese English Dictionary

葑

Pinyin: fēng

English Definition: turnip

Chinese Definition:
①古书上指“蔓菁”、“芜菁”：葑菲(“葑”、“菲”都是菜名，后用“葑菲”表示尚有一德可取的意思，用“葑菲之采”为请人有所采用的谦辞)。

Total strokes: 12; Radical: 艸

Pictophonetic:封 indicates the sound; 艹 (plant) conveys the meaning.

Character Formation:

⿱ Above to below
- 艹 [ cǎo ] grass, weed, plant, herb
- 封 [ fēng ] envelope, letter; to confer, to grant; feudal

Similar Characters: 篈

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1		suī rán 虽然 fēng méi cǎo táng 葑湄草堂 pāi mài 拍卖 yīn gù 因故 yán qī 延期， guān yú 关于 yǔn xǔ 允许 qǐ yè 企业、 sī rén 私人 duì 对 lì shǐ 历史 jiàn zhù 建筑 jìn xíng 进行 tóu zī 投资 de 的 huà tí 话题 què 却 zài 在 hù 沪 shàng 上 màn yán 蔓延 kāi lái 开来。 Although turnip helped thatched house auction finds extension to allow enterprises, private investment in historic buildings in Hushang topic has spread.
2		hòu 后 yīn 因 rén kǒu 人口 zēng jiā 增加， shì yú 适于 gū 菰 cǎo 草 shēng zhǎng 生长 de 的 shēng jìng 生境 zāo dào 遭到 pò huài 破坏， fēng 葑 tián 田 de 的 lì yòng 利用 jiàn qū 渐趋 xiāo shī 消失， nán fāng 南方 yì xiē 一些 dì fāng 地方 gǎi yòng 改用 lú wěi 芦苇 biān zhì 编制 chéng 成 fá 筏， yòng lái 用来 zhòng zhí 种植 wèng cài 蕹菜（ kōng xīn cài 空心菜）， yán yòng 沿用 zhì jīn 至今。 Because of a rapid increase of population in South China thereafter, the habitat that zizania grown had broken-down quickly by openning up cultivated land along the edge of lakes and rivers.