蕪
wú

luxurious growth of weeds

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

Components

艹
艹 Meaning component
cao, cǎo grass

艹 is a component form of 艸.

無
無 Sound component
wú negative

Character Evolution

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

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartmjum(r)aovergrown with weeds
Zhengzhangma
Unicodemio

說文解字

薉也。从艸無聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

芜 wú, wǔ luxurious growth of weeds Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 艹 represents the meaning and 无 represents the sound. Simplified form of 蕪.

Components

艹
艹 Meaning component
cao, cǎo grass

艹 is a component form of 艸.

无
无 Sound component
wú negative

Character Evolution

Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Regular Modern

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical images
Academia Sinica