茛

茛 · gèn

ranunculus

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Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

Mandarin
gèn
Cantonese
gan3
Definition source
Unihan kDefinition

ranunculus

Dictionary definitions & readings

茛 gèn · ranunculus

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Readings & dictionary references

HDZ · Mandarin readings and locators
53211.010:gèn,jiàn Source property ↗
XHC 1983 · Mandarin readings and locators
0377.050:gèn Source property ↗
TGHZ 2013 · Mandarin readings and locators
112.080:gèn Source property ↗
SMSZD 2003 · Mandarin and Cantonese
gèn粵gan3 Source property ↗
Japanese · kana
コン ケン カン Source property ↗
Korean · Hangul
간:1N Source property ↗
Fanqie pairs
古恨 Source property ↗
Cangjie input code
TAV Source property ↗
Four-corner lookup codes
4473.2 Source property ↗
Kangxi · dictionary positions
1027.270 Source property ↗
Song Ben Guang Yun · dictionary positions
400.14 Source property ↗

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+831B
Radical
艸 · 140
Strokes
9
Residual strokes
6
Standard list
通用规范汉字表 · level 3 · #6795

Source record, not an individually reviewed etymological dossier.

Stroke order

9 strokes
茛
Strokes
9
Convention
PRC · Make Me a Hanzi

9 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
konH · 古恨 · 臻開一去痕見 · #2629

PHONO-ML, source line 14684; 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
1135.202
kDaeJaweon
1486.230
kHanYu
53211.010
kIRGDaeJaweon
1486.230
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
53211.010
kIRGKangXi
1027.270
kKangXi
1027.270
kMorohashi
30870:E0102
kSBGY
400.14
kSMSZD2003Index
578.04
kCangjie
TAV
kFourCornerCode
4473.2
kMojiJoho
MJ021772 MJ021772:E0101 MJ021773:E0102
kPhonetic
575
kUnihanCore2020
GHMT
kIICore
BGT
kIRG_GSource
G0-5D22
kIRG_HSource
HB2-D3A3
kIRG_JSource
J14-762C
kIRG_KPSource
KP1-6D82
kIRG_KSource
K1-573C
kIRG_TSource
T2-3245
kRSUnicode
140.6
kTotalStrokes
9
kBigFive
D3A3
kCCCII
227D35
kCNS1986
2-3245
kCNS1992
2-3245
kEACC
227D35
kGB0
6102
kGB1
6102
kJIS0213
2,86,12
kJis1
5568
kKoreanName
2015
kMainlandTelegraph
1706
kTGH
2013:6795
kXerox
321:056
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6
C+18486+138.6.3 C+18486+140.3.6
kCantonese
gan3
kDefinition
ranunculus
kFanqie
古恨
kHangul
간:1N
kHanyuPinyin
53211.010:gèn,jiàn
kJapanese
コン ケン カン
kJapaneseKun
TORIKABUTO
kJapaneseOn
KON KEN
kKorean
KAN
kMandarin
gèn
kSMSZD2003Readings
gèn粵gan3
kTGHZ2013
112.080:gèn
kXHC1983
0377.050:gèn

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Structure & connections

0.10
2dictionary records using 茛0forms using this shape0attributed sound links
⿱ Above / below

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

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Retained descriptions & scope

^⿱艹艮$(GHTJKP)

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