HSK7

chrysanthemum

Components

Meaning component
cao, cǎo grass

flower

Sound component
handful

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangkuɡ
Unicodegiuk

說文解字

大菊,蘧麥。从艸匊聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica