荇
xìng

a water plant

Components

艹
艹 Meaning component
cao, cǎo grass

plant

行
行 Sound component
xíng, háng walk

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagarthængX[ɡ]ˤraŋʔLimnanthemum nymphoides
Zhengzhangɡraːŋʔ
Unicodehæ̌ng

Sources

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