瓣

Alternative forms

 * (Japanese simplified form which also covers 辨 and 辯)

Glyph origin
.

Etymology

 * "segment, section, piece"
 * Exopassive of ; possibly in the same word-family as another exopassive . These three thus may be related to either or 🇨🇬 (with medial * dropped after labial initials according to Mizo phonotactics).


 * "petal"
 * Either same etymon as "segment, section, piece"; or same etymon as ; or related to, if so, semantically parallel to 🇨🇬, literally "fire-top".

Definitions

 * 1)  melon seeds
 * 2) petal
 * 3) segment; section; piece; clove (of garlic)
 * 4)  ; field
 * 1)  ; field
 * 1)  ; field
 * 1)  ; field
 * 1)  ; field

Kanji

 * 1) flower petal
 * 2) valve

Noun

 * 1)  valve membranous partition, flap, or fold, which allows flow in only one direction, e.g. a heart valve
 * 2) valve device that controls the flow of a fluid through a pipe

Counter

 * 1) flower petals

Usage notes
In Japanese, , , and have all been simplified to one character,.