còuchuò

frame on which silkworms spin

Components

Meaning component
cao, cǎo grass

grass

Sound component
clan, tribe, race

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangsʰoːɡs
sʰoːɡ

說文解字

行蠶蓐。从艸族聲。

Sources

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