莸
yóu

caryopteris divaricata

Components

艹
艹 Meaning component
cao, cǎo grass

plant

犹
犹 Sound component
yóu like

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

蕕 caryopteris divaricata Traditional

Components

艹
艹 Meaning component
cao, cǎo grass

plant

猶
猶 Sound component
yóu like

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhanglu

說文解字

水邊艸也。从艸猶聲。

Sources

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