diàn​huā

indigo

diàn indigo

Components

Meaning component
qīng green or blue

blue

Sound component
dìng settle

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangdeːns

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang

huā, hua flower

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Meaning component
cao, cǎo grass

is a component form of .

Sound component
huà change

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartxwaeqʷʰˤra flower (n.)

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart