萍 píng
: duckweed (or water lens, are flowering aquatic plants which float on or just beneath the surface of still or slow-moving bodies of fresh water and wetlands)
Kun Reading
萍 | うきくさ ukikusa
noun
: floating weed
: (Usually written using kana alone) greater duckweed (Spirodela polyrhiza); (No-adjective) precarious; unstable
On Reading
none applicable
Usage:
萍蓬草 ping2 peng2 cao3: spatterdock (Nuphar pumilum), a type of lily
浮萍 fu2ping2: duckweed
水萍 shui3ping2: duckweed
[青萍 | あおうきくさ ao ukikusa: duckweed]
Chinese idiom
萍水相逢 ping2 shui3 xiang1feng2
: strangers coming together by chance
Etymology:
形声 Pictophonetic.
艹 (cao3: grass radical 140) suggest the meaning while 泙 (ping2: roar) provides the sound.
形声 Pictophonetic.
艹 (cao3: grass radical 140) suggest the meaning while 泙 (ping2: roar) provides the sound.
Examples:
none applicable
Resources: Chinese Dictionary | Japanese Dictionary
