花丛
huā​cóng

flower cluster

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

丛 cóng bush Simplified

Simplified form of 叢. 从 represents the sound.

Components

一
一 Simplified component
yī one

Stroke added to distinguish this character from 从.

从
从 Sound component
cóng, cōng from

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

叢 cóng bush Traditional

Components

丵
丵 Meaning component
zhuó chisel
取
取 Sound component
qǔ take
Change in sound

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Early Spring and Autumn ~700 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartdzuwngdzˤoŋ collect; thicket

說文解字

《說文》：“叢，聚也。从丵，取聲。”

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)