秧
yāng HSK7

rice seedlings

Phonosemantic compound. 禾 represents the meaning and 央 represents the sound.

Components

禾
禾 Meaning component
hé grain stalk
央
央 Sound component
yāng beg

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangqaŋ
qaŋʔ

說文解字

禾若秧穰也。从禾央聲。

Sources

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