蕹

wèng
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 water spinach

Examples

HSK 5
夏天南方人常炒蕹菜吃。
Xiàtiān nánfāngrén cháng chǎo wèngcài chī.
In summer the southerners often stir-fry water spinach.

Tips

history
蕹 is not used on its own; it occurs only in the plant name 蕹菜 (water spinach), more commonly called 空心菜 in everyday speech. It is built from the grass radical 艹 over the phonetic 雍.

Components

radical
艹 cǎo
grass; plant
The grass radical on top marks this as a plant - here a leafy edible vegetable.
phonetic
雍 yōng
harmonious; to block
Supplies the sound; the reading shifted from yōng to wèng. It functions purely as the phonetic, carrying no meaning into the plant name.

Stroke Order

蕹 wèng