What 䓍 means
It names an edible, pungent wild plant.
The Chinese dictionary 《廣韻》, compiled in 1007–1008, glosses it as a plant name. 《集韻》, another Chinese dictionary from 1039, describes mountain-ravine grass with an acrid root used for pickling and notes 蔊 as a common written form.
How is 䓍 related to 蔊?
䓍 is a recorded variant of 蔊.
The Chinese food-and-herb manual 《食物本草》 describes 䓍菜 as edible, yellow-flowering, and locally called 辣米菜. A Kangxi-era dictionary records it being eaten as a vegetable near the places named 旴江、建阳、严陵. In its 2024 character-variant dictionary, Taiwan’s Ministry of Education lists 蔊 as standard and 䓍 and 𦸋 as variants.
A specialized plant word with an archival feel.
Alone, it gives little conversational context; ask which word or passage it belongs to.
Who writes 䓍
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Questions people ask
1Why does 䓍 show as a box on some devices?
Because that device's fonts have no glyph for it. The character is still correct and still copies correctly — the box is a missing glyph, not a broken character.
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How to type or find 䓍
- Also called
- 蔊 · 蔊菜 · 辣米菜
- Search it as
- hǎn · han · 䓍 plant meaning
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