jǔ​ruò

konjac

betel pepper

Components

Meaning component
cao, cǎo grass

plant

Sound component
qǔ, kǒu

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangkoʔ
kos

說文解字

果也。从艸竘聲。

Sources

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

ruò rushes

Components

Meaning component
cao, cǎo grass

grass

Sound component
ruò weak

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangnjewɢ

說文解字

蒲子。可以爲平席。从艸弱聲。

Sources

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