Half of 艸 (grass). Depicts a blade of grass.
Character Evolution
Component uses
Historical Pronunciations
| Old Chinese | |
|---|---|
| Zhengzhang | tʰad |
說文解字
《說文》：“屮，艸木初生也。象丨出形，有枝莖也。古文或以為艸字。讀若徹。”
Sources
- Character origin
- 漢語多功能字庫
- Readings & variants
- Unicode
- Historical pronunciations
- Zhengzhang Shangfang
- Historical images
- Academia Sinica
- Etymology
- Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)