茹荤
rú​hūn

eat meat

茹 rú roots

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

Components

艹
艹 Meaning component
cao, cǎo grass

艹 is a component form of 艸.

如
如 Sound component
rú be like

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Late Spring and Autumn ~500 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartnyoXnaʔswallow, eat
nyoHna-sscrutinize
nyoHnaʔ-sswallow, eat
Zhengzhangnja
njaʔ
njas

說文解字

飤馬也。从艸如聲。

Sources

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

荤 hūn, xūn meat diet Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 艹 represents the meaning and 军 represents the sound. Simplified form of 葷.

Components

艹
艹 Meaning component
cao, cǎo grass

艹 is a component form of 艸.

军
军 Sound component
jūn army

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

葷 meat diet Traditional

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

Components

艹
艹 Meaning component
cao, cǎo grass

艹 is a component form of 艸.

軍
軍 Sound component
jūn army

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartxjunqʰu[n]Allium
Zhengzhangqʰun

說文解字

臭菜也。从艸軍聲。

Sources

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