萍 Stroke Order

萍 [píng] 名 1. A type of annual herbaceous plant that floats on the surface of water. The leaves are flat, green on the surface, and purple-red on the underside. It has fibrous roots beneath the leaves and blooms white flowers, referred to as “floating duckweed.” It is also called “green duckweed” or “purple duckweed,” often used as a metaphor for an unstable life or wandering. - Examples: 萍泊 (to float and settle temporarily), 萍踪 (wandering tracks), 萍水相逢 (meeting by chance). 引 1. From "Shuo Wen": 萍, meaning duckweed; it is aquatic grass. 2. From "Li Ji · Yue Ling": 在 the beginning of the month, duckweed starts to grow; "蓱" refers to duckweed. The larger ones are called "蘋." 3. From Song's Wen Tianxiang: "Mountains and rivers shattered, wind blows the fluff, life and fate are as unstable as duckweed in the rain." 例 - Other usages include: 萍合 (floating duckweed is easily scattered, metaphorically indicating temporary gatherings), 萍浮 (floating duckweed drifts on the water; metaphor for people’s wandering paths), 萍飘梗泛 (the trajectory is drifting and uncertain), 萍迹 (metaphor for people drifting about with uncertain whereabouts), 萍流 (to drift).