蘢
lóng

tall grass

Components

艹
艹 Meaning component
cao, cǎo grass

grass

龍
龍 Sound component
lóng dragon

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangroːŋ
roŋ

說文解字

天蘥也。从艸龍聲。

Sources

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

茏 lóng, lǒng, lòng tall grass Simplified

Components

艹
艹 Meaning component
cao, cǎo grass

grass

龙
龙 Sound component
lóng dragon

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode