鳞茎
lín​jīng

bulb

鳞 lín fish scales Simplified

Components

鱼
鱼 Meaning component
yú fish

fish

粦
粦 Sound component
lín will-o'-the wisp, phosphorus

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

茎 jīng stem Simplified

Components

艹
艹 Meaning component
cao, cǎo grass

grass

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

鱗 fish scales Traditional

Components

魚
魚 Meaning component
yú fish

fish

粦
粦 Sound component
lín will-o'-the wisp, phosphorus

Character Evolution

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

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartlinC.r[ə][n]scale of fish or reptile
Zhengzhangrin
Unicodelin

說文解字

魚甲也。从魚粦聲。

Sources

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

莖 jīng stem Traditional

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

Components

艹
艹 Meaning component
cao, cǎo grass

艹 is a component form of 艸.

巠
巠 Sound component
jīng warp (textile)

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartheangm-k-lˤ<r>eŋ stalk (n.)

說文解字

《說文》：“莖，枝柱也。从艸，巠聲。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)