What 萓 means
It names the daylily, most often in the compound 萓莮.
Its earliest attestation is a grass-name entry in the Liang-era 玉篇, a Chinese character dictionary compiled during the Liang dynasty. The earlier dictionary 說文 does not list this spelling; the later 集韻 records 萓莮.
People gathered the daylily’s unopened buds for food. An ancient Chinese poetry collection, the Book of Songs, includes the poem 《詩經·衛風·伯兮》, where the related plant name 諼草 is planted to ease longing; later names include 忘憂草 (“forget-sorrow grass”). A Jin-era local-customs book 《風土記》, quoted in the agricultural handbook 《齊民要術》, records 宜男 (“favorable for a son”): people believed wearing the flower could help a woman have a son.
Rare and literary; in a message, add the compound or a gloss so the reader knows you mean the plant.
As of 2026-09-09, 萓 has no established standalone chat reading; readers may take it for 萱 or a typo.
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1Can 萓 be read as かや in Japanese?
Yes. As of 2026-09-09, Japanese character records list かや as a kun reading, or native Japanese reading; it sounds roughly ka-ya, with two clear vowels. Mandarin has a separate reading, yí, roughly “ee” with a rising pitch.
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