jì​zhù

mosla grosseserrata

jì, qí, cí water-chestnuts Simplified

Components

Meaning component
cao, cǎo grass

plant

Sound component
even

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

zhù, níng china grass Simplified

Components

Meaning component
cao, cǎo grass

grass

Sound component
zhù storage container

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode

water-chestnuts Traditional

Components

Meaning component
cao, cǎo grass

plant

Sound component
even, uniform

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Late Shang ~1100 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartdzejXdzˤ[ə]jʔCapsella bursa-pastoris
Zhengzhangzliːlʔ
zlil
Unicodedzhi

說文解字

蒺棃也。从艸齊聲。《詩》曰:“牆有薺。”

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica

níng, zhù china grass Traditional

Components

Meaning component
cao, cǎo grass

grass

Sound component
níng, nìng peaceful, (storage container)

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangdaʔ

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang