蔓菁
mán​jing

turnip

蔓 màn, mán, wàn creeping plants

A long 曼 plant 艹 ; 曼 also provides the pronunciation

Components

艹
艹 Meaning component
cao, cǎo grass
曼
曼 SoundMeaning component
màn long

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartmjonHC.ma[n]-screep; creeping plant
Zhengzhangmoːn
mons
Unicodemiæ̀n

說文解字

葛屬。从艸曼聲。

Sources

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

菁 jīng flower of leek family

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

Components

艹
艹 Meaning component
cao, cǎo grass

艹 is a component form of 艸.

青
青 Sound component
qīng green or blue

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangʔsleŋ
Unicodetziɛng

說文解字

韭華也。从艸青聲。

Sources

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