cōng

medicinal herb

Character Evolution

Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangʔsloːŋʔ

Sources

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

cōng, zǒng, sǒng medicinal herb Simplified

Components

Meaning component
cao, cǎo grass

herb

Sound component
cóng, cōng from

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode