jiāo

an aquatic grass

Components

Meaning component
cao, cǎo grass

grass

Sound component
jiāo to cross, to mix

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartkæw[k]ˤr[a]wdried grass
Zhengzhangkreːw
kreːwʔ
ɡreːwʔ

說文解字

乾芻。从艸交聲。一曰牛蘄艸。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica