蕠藘 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

rúlǘ

madder

rú

Components

艹 Meaning component

cao, cǎo grass

plant

絮 Sound component

xù, chù, nǜ waste cotton

Character Evolution

Clerical form — Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD

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Historical Pronunciations

	Old Chinese
Zhengzhang	nja

Sources

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

lǘ madder

Components

艹 Meaning component

cao, cǎo grass

plant

慮 Sound component

lǜ be concerned

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	ljo	[r]a	rúlǘ < nyo-ljo < *na.la "madder (plant)"
Zhengzhang		ra

Sources

Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Baxter-Sagart Zhengzhang Shangfang