蕭
xiāo

common artemisia

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

Components

肅
肅 Meaning component
sù pay respects
艹
艹 Sound component
cao, cǎo grass

艹 is a component form of 艸.

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (0 of 2 verified)

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartsewsˤiwArtemisia; 蕭蕭 neighing of horses
Zhengzhangsɯːw
Unicodeseu

說文解字

艾蒿也。从艸肅聲。

Sources

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

萧 xiāo common artemisia Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 肃 represents the meaning and 艹 represents the sound. Simplified form of 蕭.

Components

肃
肃 Sound component
sù pay respects
艹
艹 SoundMeaning component
cao, cǎo grass

艹 is a component form of 艸.

Component uses

Sound (0 of 2 verified)

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode