jiāoqiú

a root

Components

Meaning component
cao, cǎo grass

plant

Sound component
jiǔ nine

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangkrɯːw
qʰrɯːw
ɡu
ɡʷrɯw

說文解字

逺荒也。从艸九聲。《詩》曰:“至于艽野。”

Sources

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