芴
hūwù

Components

艹
艹 Meaning component
cao, cǎo grass

plant

勿
勿 Sound component
wù, mò must not

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartxwotm̥ ˤutcareless; confused
Zhengzhangmɯd

說文解字

菲也。从艸勿聲。

Sources

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