huì HSK7

general term for plants

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approved by inralback19 · Jan 25, 2026, 05:13 PM

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Depicts a group of plants (, ).

Components

Iconic component
chè, cǎo sprout
Iconic component
cao, cǎo grass

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Three Kingdoms (Wu) 222-280 AD
Regular Modern

說文解字

《說文》:“卉,艸之總名也。从艸、屮。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical images
Academia Sinica