grass

Components

Meaning component
cao, cǎo grass

grass

Sound component
bá, quǎn pull up

Character Evolution

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

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartbatm-pˤ[a]thalt in the open
patpˤ[a]thalt in the open
Zhengzhangpoːd

說文解字

艸根也。从艸犮聲。春艸根枯,引之而發土爲撥,故謂之茇。一曰艸之白華爲茇。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica