罂粟花
yīng​sù​huā

poppy flower

罂 yīng long necked jar or bottle Simplified

Components

贝
贝 Unknown component
bèi sea shell
贝
贝 Unknown component
bèi sea shell
缶
缶 Meaning component
fǒu pottery

pottery

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

粟 sù unhusked millet

Phonosemantic compound. 米 represents the meaning and 角 represents the sound.

Components

角
角 Sound component
jiǎo, jué horn

Modern form looks like unrelated 覀.

Change in sound
米
米 Meaning component
mǐ rice

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (0 of 1 verified)

僳

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartsjowk[s]ok grain (rice or millet) in husk

說文解字

《說文》：“（粟），嘉穀實也。从，从米。孔子曰：‘粟之為言續也。’，籀文。”

Sources

Character origin
季旭昇《說文新證》p.562
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

花 huā, hua flower

Phonosemantic compound. 艹 represents the meaning and 化 represents the sound.

Components

艹
艹 Meaning component
cao, cǎo grass

艹 is a component form of 艸.

化
化 Sound component
huà change

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartxwaeqʷʰˤra flower (n.)

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart

罌 long necked jar or bottle Traditional

Components

賏
賏 Sound component
yīng, yìng pearls or shells strung together
缶
缶 Meaning component
fǒu pottery

pottery

Character Evolution

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

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartʔɛng[ʔ]ˤreŋjar, vase
Zhengzhangqreːŋ

說文解字

缶也。从缶賏聲。

Sources

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