芜累
wú​lěi

redundant

芜 wú, wǔ luxurious growth of weeds Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 艹 represents the meaning and 无 represents the sound. Simplified form of 蕪.

Components

艹
艹 Meaning component
cao, cǎo grass

艹 is a component form of 艸.

无
无 Sound component
wú negative

Character Evolution

Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Regular Modern

Sources

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Academia Sinica

累 lèi, lěi tired

Simplified form of 纍. 田 is shorthand for the phonetic component 畾. 糸 represents the meaning "wind around, bind". The meaning later expanded to "tired".

Components

田
田 Simplified component
tián field

Shorthand for the phonetic component 畾.

糸
糸 Meaning component
mì, sī silk

Character Evolution

Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (0 of 9 verified)

螺骡摞嫘漯缧瘰镙騾

Meaning (0 of 1 verified)

摞

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartljwe[r]oj rope (to tie s.o. up)
ljweX[r]ojʔ accumulate

Sources

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

蕪 luxurious growth of weeds Traditional

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

Components

艹
艹 Meaning component
cao, cǎo grass

艹 is a component form of 艸.

無
無 Sound component
wú negative

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartmjum(r)aovergrown with weeds
Zhengzhangma
Unicodemio

說文解字

薉也。从艸無聲。

Sources

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