蕢
kuì

straw basket

Phonosemantic compound. 艹 represents the meaning and 貴 represents the sound.

Components

艹
艹 Meaning component
cao, cǎo grass

plant

貴
貴 Sound component
guì expensive

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartgwijH[g]ruj-s basket

說文解字

《說文》：“蕢，艸器也。从艸，貴聲。臾，古文蕢。象形。《論語》曰：‘有荷臾而過孔氏之門。’”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

蒉 kuì, kuài straw basket Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 艹 represents the meaning and 贵 represents the sound.

Components

艹
艹 Meaning component
cao, cǎo grass

plant

贵
贵 Sound component
guì expensive

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode