漢字Kanji · in Textiles, Plants & Food
莞: smiling, reed used to cover tatami
JLPT N110 strokesName kanji (jinmeiyō)Your ink: 白 Not met
艹 carries the meaning · 完 is drawn in
10 strokes
One reading, and the words that use it
カンkan · on'yomi · in compounds
- 莞爾かんじsmiling
- 莞爾としてかんじとしてwith a smile
Special readingsThese words are read as a whole, not from the readings above.
- 莞ふといsoftstem bulrush (Scirpus tabernaemontani)
Also read い, with no example words in our sources. Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Grass growing on top! Like a green crown upon the earth, this radical sits above kanji related to flowers, herbs, and vegetation.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
完
Also built on perfect (完)
Easy to confuse
The difference, side by side莞 smiling · 艹
vs院 Inst. · ⻖In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · guǎn
Same form: 莞 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).
- Simplified
- 莞 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 莞 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin guǎn most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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