wěi

polygala (a medical herb)

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Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

wěi polygala (a medical herb) Traditional

Components

Meaning component
cao, cǎo grass

herb

Sound component
yuǎn distant

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Jin 266-316 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangɢʷalʔ

說文解字

艸也。《左氏傳》:“楚大夫薳子馮。”从艸逺聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica