Learn to Write Chinese Characters with Video Tutorials
Watch the video of writing the Chinese character "葑", learn the correct stroke order (笔顺) of the character "葑", and master the standard way of writing the character "葑".
Free Printable Handwriting Practice with Stroke Order: 葑
Printable Writing Practice Worksheet of "葑" in Portrait Orientation (Tian Zi Ge)
葑 [fēng]
1. In ancient texts, it refers to "turnip" and "rape."
2. Refers to turnip, also known as wild turnip, a biennial or perennial herbaceous plant in the cabbage family (Brassicaceae).
3. Also see fèng.
葑 [fèng]
1. Refers to the root of wild rice stem (i.e., the root of Zizania aquatica).
2. Also see fēng.
古书上指“蔓菁”、“芜菁”。
In ancient texts, it refers to turnip and wild turnip.
【引】
1. "说文": 葑,须从也。从艸,封声。字亦作蘴、作菘。
2. From the Book of Songs:采葑采菲 (Gathering turnips and wild turnips).
古书上指菰的根。
In ancient texts, it refers to the root of Zizania.
【引】
1. From "晋书·毛璩传": 四面湖泽,皆是菰葑 (All around the lakes are wild rice stems).
【例】
如:葑田 (a paddy filled with wild rice roots; farmland for planting aquatic plants built by laying mud on wooden frames in marshes, also called架田);
葑炉 (a stove made of mud from wild rice root fields).