Radical
Strokes
18
Residual strokes
14
Mandarin
qǐng
Teochew

Glyph

Radical
Residual strokes
14 strokes
Strokes
18 strokes
Mandarin
qǐng

Definitions by reading

kêng2
Mandarin equivalent qǐng
Regional readings
19th-century Fucheng kêng2 Chaoyang kêng2 Chenghai kêng2 Jieyang kêng2 Raoping kêng2 Shantou kêng2
苘麻
[Indian mallow] 一种高的一年生草本苘麻属植物,茎长而直,叶心形,被茸毛,花黄色,茎皮产生一种长而强韧的纤维,可用来制麻绳、麻袋,因此有时栽培,原产印度,但在热带和温带地方作为逸生植物被广泛归化                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             

苘(檾)qǐng[苘麻]俗称"青麻"。一年生草本。茎直,叶心脏形,花黄色。茎皮纤维可做绳索、麻袋或造纸等。种子可供药用。
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English meaning

grassy plant with fibres from which cloth is made

GuangyunPhonological reconstruction

1
溪母 三等 合口 清韵 上声 去潁切
Reconstruction:
Original

枲草。

2
溪母 四等 合口 青韵 上声 口迥切
Reconstruction:
Original

枲屬。