竹荪
zhú​sūn

bamboo fungus

竹 zhú bamboo

Pictograph of bamboo stalks.

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Shang ~1100 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Shang ~1100 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Warring States ~250 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
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 Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagarttrjuwktruk bamboo

說文解字

《說文》：“竹，冬生艸也。象形。下垂者，箁箬也。”

Sources

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

荪 sūn aromatic grass Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 艹 represents the meaning and 孙 represents the sound. Simplified form of 蓀.

Components

艹
艹 Meaning component
cao, cǎo grass

艹 is a component form of 艸.

孙
孙 Sound component
sūn grandchild

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

蓀 aromatic grass Traditional

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangsuːn

說文解字

香艸也。从艸孫聲。

Sources

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