芦荻
lú​dí

reeds

芦 lú, lu rushes Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 艹 represents the meaning and 户 represents the sound. Simplified form of 蘆.

Components

艹
艹 Meaning component
cao, cǎo grass

艹 is a component form of 艸.

户
户 Sound component
hù, hu door

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

荻 dí reed

Components

艹
艹 Meaning component
cao, cǎo grass

grass

狄
狄 Sound component
dí, tì tribe from northern China

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangdeːɡ
Unicodedhek

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang

蘆 lú, lu rushes Traditional

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

Components

艹
艹 Meaning component
cao, cǎo grass

艹 is a component form of 艸.

盧
盧 Sound component
rice vessel

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartluC.rˤalúwěi 蘆葦 reed
Zhengzhangraː
ra
Unicodelo

說文解字

蘆菔也。一曰薺根。从艸盧聲。

Sources

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