蘅

蘅 · héng

a fragrant plant with a medicinal root, a type of wild ginger

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Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

Mandarin
héng
Cantonese
hang4
Definition source
Unihan kDefinition

a fragrant plant with a medicinal root, a type of wild ginger

Dictionary definitions & readings

蘅 héng · Asarum blumei (wild ginger plant)

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Readings & dictionary references

HDZ · Mandarin readings and locators
53326.120:héng Source property ↗
XHC 1983 · Mandarin readings and locators
0460.060:héng Source property ↗
TGHZ 2013 · Mandarin readings and locators
137.020:héng Source property ↗
SMSZD 2003 · Mandarin and Cantonese
héng粵hang4 Source property ↗
Japanese · kana
コウ ギョウ Source property ↗
Fanqie pairs
戶庚 Source property ↗
Cangjie input code
THON Source property ↗
Four-corner lookup codes
4422.1 Source property ↗
Kangxi · dictionary positions
1068.020 Source property ↗
Song Ben Guang Yun · dictionary positions
187.31 Source property ↗
Grammata Serica Recensa · references
0748j Source property ↗

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+8605
Radical
艸 · 140
Strokes
19
Residual strokes
16
Standard list
通用规范汉字表 · level 2 · #6373

Source record, not an individually reviewed etymological dossier.

Stroke order

19 strokes
蘅
Strokes
19
Convention
PRC · Make Me a Hanzi

19 strokes in writing order. Play to watch them, or Step through one at a time.

Modern stroke order; regional conventions can differ. Stroke medians: Make Me a Hanzi via HanziLookupJS, drawn as an even pen line.

Words & connections

Dictionary & examples

History & distinctions

Related forms

No simplified/traditional variant assertion retained.

Historical readings

Middle Chinese
haeng · 戸庚 · 梗開二平庚匣 · #887

PHONO-ML, source line 7111; CC BY 4.0. Source-generated reading categories, not modern pronunciation. Attribution & limitations.

Sources & reference

Evidence

Unihan 17.0.0 · Unicode License V3 · Official-list coverage

Exact Unihan properties
kCihaiT
1179.401
kDaeJaweon
1533.260
kGSR
0748j
kHanYu
53326.120
kIRGDaeJaweon
1533.260
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
53326.120
kIRGKangXi
1068.020
kKangXi
1068.020
kLau
1131
kMatthews
2105
kMeyerWempe
672c
kMorohashi
32422:E0102
kSBGY
187.31
kSMSZD2003Index
605.06
kCangjie
THON
kFourCornerCode
4422.1
kMojiJoho
MJ023145 MJ023145:E0101 MJ023146:E0102
kPhonetic
436
kUnihanCore2020
GHMT
kIICore
BGTH
kIRG_GSource
G0-5E3F
kIRG_HSource
HB2-F4C1
kIRG_JSource
J13-7B47
kIRG_KPSource
KP1-7077
kIRG_KSource
K2-5A5E
kIRG_TSource
T2-696D
kRSUnicode
140.16
kTotalStrokes
19
kBigFive
F4C1
kCCCII
232771
kCNS1986
2-696D
kCNS1992
2-696D
kEACC
232771
kGB0
6231
kGB1
6231
kJIS0213
1,91,39
kJis1
5804
kMainlandTelegraph
5683
kTGH
2013:6373
kTaiwanTelegraph
5683
kXerox
300:307
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6
C+17101+140.3.16
kCantonese
hang4
kDefinition
a fragrant plant with a medicinal root, a type of wild ginger
kFanqie
戶庚
kHanyuPinyin
53326.120:héng
kJapanese
コウ ギョウ
kJapaneseOn
KOU GYOU
kMandarin
héng
kSMSZD2003Readings
héng粵hang4
kTGHZ2013
137.020:héng
kXHC1983
0460.060:héng

Sentences in context

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Structure & connections

0.10
4dictionary records using 蘅0forms using this shape0attributed sound links
⿱ Above / below

Shape description
艹 above 衡 · the shape used in China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, North Korea
Source notation ^⿱艹衡$(GHTJKP)
BabelStone · 2025-06-27. Encoded shape and region tags; graphical analysis does not establish historical function.

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Retained descriptions & scope

^⿱艹衡$(GHTJKP)

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