hāo

to weed

Components

Meaning component
cao, cǎo grass

weed

Sound component

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartxawqʰˤuweed (v.)
Zhengzhangqʰuː

說文解字

拔去田艸也。从蓐,好省聲。

Sources

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