jiān蒹（菅）
蒹（菅）
archaic
literary
Meaning of 蒹
蒹 means reed-like plant; thatch; specifically Themeda triandra or similar grasses mentioned in ancient texts. Pronounced jiān.
- reed-like plant; thatch; specifically Themeda triandra or similar grasses mentioned in ancient texts
Character Info
Radical艹
Strokes11
Components
艹
官
Stroke Order
蒹
Definitions & Examples
Bái白
huá华
jiān菅
xī兮
，
bái白
máo茅
shù束
xī兮
。
The white-flowered thatch, the white rushes bound together. (from the Book of Poetry)
cǎo草
jiān菅
rén人
mìng命
to treat human life as worthless (literally: to regard human life as straw)
Shān山
pō坡
shàng上
zhǎng长
mǎn满
le了
jiān菅
cǎo草
。
The hillside was covered with thatch grass.