芜驳
wú​bó

disorderly

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

驳 bó varicolored Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 马 represents the meaning and 爻 represents the sound. Simplified form of 駁.

Components

马
马 Meaning component
mǎ horse
爻
爻 Sound component
yáo, xiào diagrams for divination

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

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

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Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

駁 bó varicolored Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 馬 represents the meaning and 爻 represents the sound.

Components

馬
馬 Meaning component
mǎ horse
爻
爻 Sound component
yáo, xiào diagrams for divination

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartpæwkpˤrawkhorse of mixed color
Zhengzhangpraːwɢ

說文解字

馬色不純。从馬爻聲。

Sources

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