xié​cǎo

valerian

xié patterned silk Simplified

Components

Meaning component
silk

thread

Sound component
xié, jié, jiá fly upward

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

cǎo grass

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

SoundMeaning component
cao, cǎo grass

is a component form of .

Sound component
zǎo early

Character Evolution

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-SagarttshawX[tsʰ]ˤuʔ grass, plants
tshawX[tsʰ]ˤuʔ rough, coarse

說文解字

草斗,櫟實也。一曰象斗子。从艸早聲。

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica

patterned silk Traditional

Components

Meaning component
silk

thread

Sound component
fly upward

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangɡiːd
Unicodehet

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang