| 芡 | |||
| plant allied to the waterlily | |||
| Radical | 䒑艸艹艹艹 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Strokes (without radical) | 4 | Total Strokes | 10 |
| Mandarin reading | qiàn | Cantonese reading | him3 |
| Japanese on reading | ken gen | Japanese kun reading | |
| Korean reading | kem | Vietnamese reading | |
| 芡 | |||
| plant allied to the waterlily | |||
| Radical | 䒑艸艹艹艹 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Strokes (without radical) | 4 | Total Strokes | 10 |
| Mandarin reading | qiàn | Cantonese reading | him3 |
| Japanese on reading | ken gen | Japanese kun reading | |
| Korean reading | kem | Vietnamese reading | |
| 芡 | [ qiàn ] Gorgon plant, fox nut (Gorgon euryale or Euryale ferox), makhana (Hindi) |
| 芡實 | [ qiàn shí ] Gorgon fruit, Semen euryales (botany), see also 雞頭米|鸡头米[ji1 tou2 mi3] |
| 芡粉 | [ qiàn fěn ] cornstarch, powder made from Gorgon fruit |
| ⇒ 勾芡 | [ goū qiàn ] to thicken with cornstarch |
| ⇒ 粉芡 | [ fěn qiàn ] cooking starch, pasty mixture of starch and water |