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chún

an edible water plant-brasenia

Components

艹
艹 Meaning component
cao, cǎo grass

plant

纯
纯 Sound component
chún pure

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

蓴 an edible water plant-brasenia Traditional

Components

艹
艹 Meaning component
cao, cǎo grass

plant

專
專 Sound component
zhuān monopolize

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangdjun

說文解字

蒲叢也。从艸專聲。

Sources

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

蒓 chún an edible water Traditional

Components

艹
艹 Meaning component
cao, cǎo grass

plant

純
純 Sound component
chún pure

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangdjun

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang