苌
chángCháng

star fruit

Components

艹
艹 Meaning component
cao, cǎo grass

plant

长
长 Sound component
zhǎng, cháng long

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

萇 star fruit Traditional

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangdaŋ

說文解字

萇楚，跳弋。一名羊桃。从艸長聲。

Sources

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