萁
qíjī

kind of grasses

Components

艹
艹 Meaning component
cao, cǎo grass

plant

其
其 Sound component
qí its, his, (3p possessive)

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
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

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangkɯ
ɡɯ

說文解字

豆莖也。从艸其聲。

Sources

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