荨
qián

nettle

Phonosemantic compound. 艹 represents the meaning and 寻 represents the sound. Simplified form of 蕁.

Components

艹
艹 Meaning component
cao, cǎo grass

艹 is a component form of 艸.

寻
寻 Sound component
xún, xín seek

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

蕁 nettle Traditional

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangl'uːm

說文解字

䒞藩也。从艸尋聲。

Sources

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