薛
xuēXuē

kind of marsh grass

A kind of bitter 辛 grass 艹

Components

艹
艹 Meaning component
cao, cǎo grass
丿
丿 Meaning component
piě, yì line
㠯
㠯 Meaning component
yǐ by means of
辛
辛 Meaning component
xīn laborious

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Spring and Autumn 771-476 BC
Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (0 of 2 verified)

孽蘖

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartsjets.ŋatspec. of plant; (place name)
Zhengzhangsŋed

Sources

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