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píng HSK3

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Phonosemantic compound. 艹 represents the meaning and 平 represents the sound. Simplified form of 蘋.

Components

艹
艹 Meaning component
cao, cǎo grass

艹 is a component form of 艸.

平
平 Sound component
píng flat

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartbeng[b]ˤeŋ duckweed

說文解字

蓱也。無根，浮水而生者。从艸平聲。

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)