Depicts a basket. Ancient variant of 蕢.
Character Evolution
Component uses
Historical Pronunciations
| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | Gloss | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter-Sagart | gwijH | [g]ruj-s | basket |
說文解字
《說文》：“蕢，艸器也。从艸，貴聲。臾，古文蕢。象形。《論語》曰：‘有荷臾而過孔氏之門。’”
Sources
- Character origin
- 季旭昇《說文新證》p.525
- Readings & variants
- Unicode
- Historical pronunciations
- Baxter-Sagart
- Historical images
- Academia Sinica
- Etymology
- Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)