莼 — Chinese character
莼
chún
an edible water plant; Brasenia
- Pinyin
- chún
- Radical
- 140 ⾋ (Grass)
- Strokes
- 10
- Components
- 艹 纯
- Formation
- pictophonetic — plant; meaning component 艹; sound component 纯
- Traditional
- 蒓 蓴
Common words with 莼
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 莼菜 (蓴菜) | chún cài | water shield (Brasenia schreberi), an edible water plant |
| 莼羹鲈脍 (蓴羹鱸膾) | chún gēng lú kuài | (idiom) the dishes from one's hometown; (idiom) homesickness |
| 莼鲈之思 (蓴鱸之思) | chún lú zhī sī | (idiom) homesickness |
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.