荪
sūn

aromatic grass

Phonosemantic compound. 艹 represents the meaning and 孙 represents the sound. Simplified form of 蓀.

Components

艹
艹 Meaning component
cao, cǎo grass

艹 is a component form of 艸.

孙
孙 Sound component
sūn grandchild

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

蓀 aromatic grass Traditional

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangsuːn

說文解字

香艸也。从艸孫聲。

Sources

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