jiā

bulrush

Components

Meaning component
cao, cǎo grass

grass

Sound component
jiǎ, xiá false

Character Evolution

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

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangkraː
Unicodega

說文解字

葦之未秀者。从艸叚聲。

Sources

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