荃
quán

aromatic herb

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

Components

艹
艹 Meaning component
cao, cǎo grass

艹 is a component form of 艸.

全
全 Sound component
quán entire

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (0 of 1 verified)

醛

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangsʰlon

說文解字

芥脃也。从艸全聲。

Sources

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