菇蕈
gū​xùn

mushroom

菇 gu mushrooms

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

Components

艹
艹 Meaning component
cao, cǎo grass

艹 is a component form of 艸.

姑
姑 Sound component
gū, gu father's sister

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartkumə.kˤamushroom

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart

蕈 xùn, tán mushrooms

Components

艹
艹 Meaning component
cao, cǎo grass

plant

覃
覃 Sound component
tán, qín, yǎn reach to

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
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangzlɯmʔ

說文解字

桑䓴。从艸覃聲。

Sources

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