茸
róng

soft

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

Components

艹
艹 Meaning component
cao, cǎo grass

艹 is a component form of 艸.

耳
耳 Sound component
ěr ear

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangnjoŋ
Unicodenjiong

說文解字

艸茸茸皃。从艸，聦省聲。

Sources

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