荄
gāi

roots

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

Components

艹
艹 Meaning component
cao, cǎo grass
亥
亥 SoundIconic component
hài, jiē 12th terrestrial branch

Depicts roots of a plant.

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangkɯː
krɯː

說文解字

《說文》：“荄，艸根也。从艸，亥聲。”

Sources

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