mù​xu

alfalfa

clover

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Meaning component
cao, cǎo grass

is a component form of .

Sound component
eye

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangmoːd
muɡ
Unicodemiuk

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang

xù, xu, sù clover

Components

Meaning component
cao, cǎo grass

grass

宿
宿 Sound component
sù, xiǔ lodge, sleep overnight

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangsuɡ
Unicodesiuk

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang