荤粥
Xūn​yù

Xunyu

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

粥 zhōu rice gruel, porridge

Depicts porridge being made from rice (米) around hot rising steam. Derived from 鬻.

Components

◎
◎ Iconic component
characterless component

Depicts hot steam rising.

米
米 Iconic component
mǐ rice

Character Evolution

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

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagarttsyuwkt-quk gruel

說文解字

《說文》：“鬻，也。从，米聲。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫黃德寬《古文字譜系疏證》p.612zi.tools
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

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)