Chinese Character: 萍 (Píng - Duckweed)
1. 基本信息 (Character Basics)
部首: 艹 (Radical: 艹 (grass radical), related to plants)
笔画数: 11 (Number of strokes: 11)
结构分解: 形声字，从艹（与植物相关），平声（píng，表音）。本义指浮萍（一种浮生在水面的草本植物），现代多保留此义。(A phonetic-semantic character, combining "艹" (grass radical) and "平" (phonetic component). Originally refers to duckweed, a floating aquatic plant.)
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2. 发音 (Pronunciation)
拼音: Píng (Second tone)
3. 含义 (Meaning)
“萍”主要表示：
1. 名词：浮萍，一种浮生在水面的小型草本植物（如“水面漂着一层绿萍”）；
2. 比喻义：形容漂泊不定（如“萍踪”指行踪不定）。("萍" mainly means:
1. Noun: Duckweed, a small floating aquatic plant (e.g., "水面漂着一层绿萍" - green duckweed floating on water).
2. Figurative: Describes wandering (e.g., "萍踪" - wandering trace).)
4. 常用词汇 (Common Words)
- 浮萍 (fú píng) Duckweed
- 萍踪 (píng zōng) Wandering trace
- 萍水相逢 (píng shuǐ xiāng féng) Meet by chance (like duckweed meeting on water)
5. 语法与用法 (Grammar & Usage)
“萍”多作名词，常与“浮”“踪”等字搭配（如“浮萍”“萍踪”）；比喻义时多用于成语或文学表达（如“萍水相逢”）；可受形容词修饰（如“绿萍”“无根萍”）；作定语时描述与浮萍相关的事物（如“萍叶”指浮萍的叶子）。("萍" is mainly a noun, collocating with "浮" (float) or "踪" (trace) (e.g., "浮萍" - duckweed). As a metaphor, it's used in idioms (e.g., "萍水相逢" - meet by chance). Modified by adjectives (e.g., "绿萍" - green duckweed) or used as an attribute (e.g., "萍叶" - duckweed leaf).)
6. 文化背景 (Cultural Background)
浮萍在中国文化中常象征漂泊无依（如古诗“四海为家，萍踪浪迹”）；成语“萍水相逢”出自唐代王勃《滕王阁序》，形容陌生人偶然相遇；现代多用于文学作品中表达人生际遇的无常。(Duckweed symbolizes wandering in Chinese culture (e.g., "四海为家，萍踪浪迹" - home everywhere, wandering like duckweed). The idiom "萍水相逢" (meet by chance) from Wang Bo's "Preface to Tengwang Pavilion" describes casual encounters, often used in literature to express life's unpredictability.)
7. 例句 (Example Sentence)
湖面上漂浮着一层绿色的浮萍，随波轻轻晃动。(Hú miàn shàng piāo fú zhe yī céng lǜ sè de fú píng, suí bō qīng qīng huàng dòng.)
Green duckweed floats on the lake, gently swaying with the waves.
我们不过是萍水相逢的路人，却因为共同的爱好成了朋友。(Wǒ men bú guò shì píng shuǐ xiāng féng de lù rén, què yīn wèi gòng tóng de ài hào chéng le péng you.)
We were just strangers who met by chance, but became friends through shared interests.
8. 记忆技巧 (Memory Tips)
联想“萍”的结构：草字头（艹）表示与植物相关，“平”表发音（Píng）。想象水面上平展漂浮的绿色植物（浮萍），即可记住“萍”与“浮萍”相关的核心含义。(Associate "萍" with its structure: "艹" (grass) indicates plant, and "平" (píng) indicates pronunciation. Imagine green duckweed floating flat on water to remember the core meaning "duckweed".)