xiǎo

dwarf bamboo

Components

Meaning component
zhú bamboo
Sound component
yōu distant

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangslɯːwʔ

說文解字

《說文》:“筱,箭屬,小竹也。从竹,攸聲。”

Sources

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