liǎnxiān

vine

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangɡ·ram
ɡ·ramʔ
qʰram

說文解字

白薟也。从艸僉聲。

Sources

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

xiān, liǎn, yán vine Simplified

Components

Meaning component
cao, cǎo grass

plant

Sound component
qiān together

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode