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Meaning of 萱

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Pinyin: xuān
English Definition: orange day-lily (Hemerocallis flava)
Chinese Definition:
①(萱草)多年生草本植物,叶条状披针形,花黄色或红黄色,供观赏。亦称“金针菜”;简称“萱”,如“萱堂”(借指母亲或母亲居住的地方)。“萱椿”(指父母)。
Total strokes: 12; Radical:
Pictophonetic: indicates the sound; (plant) conveys the meaning.
Character Formation:
  • Above to below
    • [ cǎo ] grass, weed, plant, herb
    • [ xuān ] to proclaim, to declare, to announce; surname
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Example Words
萱草 xuān cǎo Hemerocallis fulva; daylily
萱堂 xuān táng mother (honorific designation)
More: 萱* | *萱 | *萱*
Example Sentences
1
I am not against lesbian at all. But you don't have to make her a lesbian.
2
The first one to burst into the drawing-room was Ahhsuan, brandishing a stage sword and laughing and fencing with his new toy.
3
This also allows "soup July" the title to become the "purple Xuan", "summer beauty" after the new synonym.
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Hemerocallis fulva, also called "Xuancao" in Chinese, has a long history in China. "Xuan" means to forget, so the ancients also called it Wangyou Cao (Forgetting Sadness Grass).
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He musters his courage to pass the letter to her, only to have it returned with the wrong characters circled in red.