芡
qiàn

plant allied to the waterlily

Components

艹
艹 Meaning component
cao, cǎo grass

plant

欠
欠 Sound component
qiàn, qian yawn, deficient

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangɡromʔ

說文解字

雞頭也。从艸欠聲。

Sources

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