菇 gū HSK7 mushrooms Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Phonosemantic compound. 艹 represents the meaning and 姑 represents the sound. Components 艹 艹 Meaning component cao, cǎo grass 艹 is a component form of 艸. 姑 姑 Sound component gū, gu father's sister Historical Pronunciations Middle ChineseOld ChineseGlossBaxter-Sagartkumə.kˤamushroom Sources Readings & variants Unicode Historical pronunciations Baxter-Sagart