莒
jǔ

hemp-like plant

Components

艹
艹 Meaning component
cao, cǎo grass

plant

吕
吕 Sound component
lǚ pitchpipe

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartkjoXk.raʔ (dialect: *k.r- > > kr-)plant; place name
Zhengzhangklaʔ

說文解字

齊謂芌爲莒。从艸呂聲。

Sources

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