茜 — Chinese character
茜
qiàn
reed, madder; Rubia cordifolia
- Pinyin
- qiàn
- Radical
- 140 ⾋ (Grass)
- Strokes
- 9
- Components
- 艹 西
- Formation
- pictophonetic — plant; meaning component 艹; sound component 西
- Japanese
- 茜 as a kanji
Common words with 茜
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 茜草 | qiàn cǎo | Indian madder; munjeet (Rubia cordifolia) |
| 茜素 | qiàn sù | alizarin |
| 假芫茜 | jiǎ yuán qiàn | Eryngium foetidum |
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.
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