薌
xiāng

fragrant smell of grain

Components

艹
艹 Meaning component
cao, cǎo grass

herb

鄉
鄉 Sound component
xiāng hometown

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartxjangqʰaŋfragrance
Zhengzhangqʰaŋ

說文解字

榖气也。从艸鄉聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

芗 xiāng, xiǎng fragrant smell of grain Simplified

Components

艹
艹 Meaning component
cao, cǎo grass

herb

乡
乡 SoundSimplified component
xiāng hometown

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode