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萆

Character · Noun

formerly same as "蓖" (type of plant)

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Meanings

1 sense · 1 examples
1.

noun

historical variant of "蓖" (蓖麻, castor plant)

archaic

This character (萆) is an obsolete variant form used in ancient texts. In modern writing, the standard character is 蓖 (as in 蓖麻 bìmá, castor plant). It is rarely used today.

Gǔ古
jí籍
zhōng中
yǒu有
shí时
yòng用
 "
bì萆
 "
zì字
 ，
jīn今
zuò作
 "
bì蓖
 "
 。

In ancient texts, the character "萆" is sometimes used, which today is written as "蓖".