花坞
huā​wù

sunken flower-bed

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

坞 wù entrenchment Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 土 represents the meaning and 乌 represents the sound. Simplified form of 塢.

Components

土
土 Meaning component
tǔ earth
乌
乌 Sound component
wū crow

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

塢 entrenchment Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 土 represents the meaning and 烏 represents the sound.

Components

土
土 Meaning component
tǔ earth
烏
烏 Sound component
wū crow

Character Evolution

Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangqaːʔ
qaːs
Unicodeqǒ

Sources

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