芭蕉 Origin — Chinese Character Wiki

bājiāo

Japanese banana

bā, pā plantain or banana palm

Phonosemantic compound. 艹 represents the meaning and 巴 represents the sound.

艹 Meaning component

cao, cǎo grass

艹 is a component form of 艸.

巴 Sound component

ba, bā to wish

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese
Zhengzhang		praː
Unicode	ba

Phonosemantic compound. 艹 represents the meaning and 焦 represents the sound.

艹 Meaning component

cao, cǎo grass

艹 is a component form of 艸.

焦 Sound component

jiāo burned

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	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese
Zhengzhang		ʔsew
Unicode	tziɛu

生枲也。从艸焦聲。