萋
qī

luxuriant foliage

Components

艹
艹 Meaning component
cao, cǎo grass

grass

妻
妻 Sound component
qī wife

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagarttshej[tsʰ]ˤəjample, rich, luxuriant
Zhengzhangsʰiːl
Unicodetsei

說文解字

艸盛。从艸妻聲。《詩》曰:“菶菶萋萋。”

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica