蘘荷 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

ránghé

myoga ginger

ráng, xiāng, nāng a kind of wild ginger

Components

艹 Meaning component

cao, cǎo grass

herb

襄 Sound component

xiāng aid

Character Evolution

Seal form — Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC

Seal form — Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD

Seal form — Seal Shuowen ~100 AD

Clerical form — Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD

Regular Modern

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Historical Pronunciations

	Old Chinese
Zhengzhang	njaŋ

說文解字

蘘荷也。一名葍蒩。从艸襄聲。

Sources

Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images: Academia Sinica
Etymology: Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

hé lotus

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

Components

艹 Meaning component

cao, cǎo grass

艹 is a component form of 艸.

何 Sound component

hé what

Character Evolution

Seal form — Seal Shuowen ~100 AD

Clerical form — Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD

Regular Modern

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Component uses

Sound (0 of 1 verified)

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	ha	[ɡ]ˤaj	lotus
	haX	[ɡ]ˤajʔ	carry
Zhengzhang		qʰaːls
		ɡaːl
		ɡaːlʔ
Unicode	hɑ
	hɑ̌

說文解字

芙蕖葉。从艸何聲。

Sources

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