苣荬菜
qǔ​mai​cài

endive

苣 jù, qǔ kind of lettuce

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

Components

艹
艹 Meaning component
cao, cǎo grass

艹 is a component form of 艸.

巨
巨 Sound component
jù large

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangɡaʔ

說文解字

束葦燒。从艸巨聲。

Sources

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

荬 mǎi a plant name Simplified

Components

艹
艹 Meaning component
cao, cǎo grass

plant

买
买 Sound component
mǎi buy

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

菜 cài vegetables

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

Components

艹
艹 Meaning component
cao, cǎo grass

艹 is a component form of 艸.

采
采 Sound component
cǎi gather, pick

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 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-SagarttshojHs.r̥ˤəʔ-s vegetables

說文解字

艸之可食者。从艸采聲。

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

蕒 a plant name Traditional

Components

艹
艹 Meaning component
cao, cǎo grass

plant

買
買 Sound component
mǎi buy

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangmreːʔ

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang