荟
huì

luxuriant

Phonosemantic compound. 艹 represents the meaning and 会 represents the sound. Simplified form of 薈.

Components

艹
艹 Meaning component
cao, cǎo grass

艹 is a component form of 艸.

会
会 Sound component
huì, kuài to gather

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

薈 luxuriant Traditional

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

Components

艹
艹 Meaning component
cao, cǎo grass

艹 is a component form of 艸.

會
會 Sound component
huì, kuài to gather

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangqoːbs

說文解字

艸多皃。从艸會聲。《詩》曰:“薈兮蔚兮。”

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica