韱

xiān

Definitions

xiān wild onions or leeks

Etymology

Phonosemantic compound. 㦰 represents the sound and 韭 represents the meaning.

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Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
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Clerical Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
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Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
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Related Characters

Composed characters:

谶 籤 纖 孅 懺 殲 讖 鑯

Component: 㦰

齑 齏 韮

Components

㦰 韭