jiān

reed

Components

Meaning component
cao, cǎo grass

grass

Sound component
jiān double

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartkem[k]ˤemrush, sedge
Zhengzhangkeːm
Unicodegem

說文解字

雚之未秀者。从艸兼聲。

Sources

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