biān​xù

knotgrass

biǎn, biān, pián grass

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangpʰen
peːn
peːnʔ

說文解字

萹茿也。从艸扁聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica

store

Components

Meaning component
cao, cǎo grass

plant

Sound component
chù, xù livestock

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagarttrhjuwkqʰ<r>ukstore (v.)
xjuwkqʰukcollect; store (n.)
Zhengzhangl̥ʰuɡ
hluɡ
Unicodexiuk

說文解字

積也。从艸畜聲。

Sources

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