sǒu

marsh

Components

Meaning component
cao, cǎo grass

grass

Sound component
shù, shǔ, shu number

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

marsh Traditional

Components

Meaning component
cao, cǎo grass

grass

Sound component
shù, shǔ, shu number

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Three Kingdoms (Cao Wei) 222-280 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangsloːʔ

說文解字

大澤也。从艸𢿙聲。九州之藪:楊州具區,荆州雲夢,豫州甫田,青州孟諸,沇州大野,雝州弦圃,幽州奚養,冀州楊紆,并州昭餘祁是也。

Sources

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