| 菁 | |||
| flower of leek family; turnip | |||
| Radical | 䒑艸艹艹艹 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Strokes (without radical) | 8 | Total Strokes | 14 |
| Mandarin reading | jīng | Cantonese reading | cing1 zing1 |
| Japanese on reading | sei shou | Japanese kun reading | kabu kaburana hanayaka |
| Korean reading | cheng | Vietnamese reading | |
| 菁 | [ jīng ] leek flower, lush, luxuriant |
| 菁英 | [ jīng yīng ] elite |
| 菁華 | [ jīng huá ] the cream, essence, the quintessence |
| ⇒ 去蕪存菁 | [ qù wú cún jīng ] lit. to get rid of the weeds and keep the flowers, to separate the wheat from the chaff (idiom) |
| ⇒ 蔓菁 | [ mán jing ] turnip, wild cabbage |
| ⇒ 蕪菁 | [ wú jīng ] turnip |
| ⇒ 蕪菁甘藍 | [ wú jīng gān lán ] rutabaga (vegetable) |