茨菰
cí​gu

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茨 cí thatching

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

Components

艹
艹 Meaning component
cao, cǎo grass

艹 is a component form of 艸.

次
次 Sound component
cì second, next

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangzli
Unicodedzhi

說文解字

以茅葦蓋屋。从艸次聲。

Sources

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

菰 gū wild rice

Components

艹
艹 Meaning component
cao, cǎo grass

grass

孤
孤 Sound component
gū orphan

Character Evolution

Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangkʷaː
Unicodego

Sources

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