艾绒
ài​róng

moxa floss

艾 ài, yì, aì Chinese mugwort or wormwood

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

Components

艹
艹 Meaning component
cao, cǎo grass

艹 is a component form of 艸.

乂
乂 Sound component
yì, ài mow grass

Character Evolution

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

Component uses

Sound (1 of 2 verified)

哎砹

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartngajHC.ŋˤa[t]-s Artemisia; moxa

說文解字

《說文》：“艾，冰臺也。从艸，乂聲。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

绒 róng silk Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 纟 represents the meaning and 戎 represents the sound. Simplified form of 絨.

Components

纟
纟 Meaning component
mì silk

纟 is a component form of 糸.

戎
戎 Sound component
róng, rēng arms

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

絨 róng silk Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 糹 represents the meaning and 戎 represents the sound.

Components

糹
糹 Meaning component
mì silk

糹 is a component form of 糸.

戎
戎 Sound component
róng, rēng arms

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangnjuŋ

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang