菊苣
jú​jù

chicory

菊 jú chrysanthemum

Components

艹
艹 Meaning component
cao, cǎo grass

flower

匊
匊 Sound component
jū handful

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangkuɡ
Unicodegiuk

說文解字

大菊，蘧麥。从艸匊聲。

Sources

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

苣 jù, qǔ kind of lettuce

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

Components

艹
艹 Meaning component
cao, cǎo grass

艹 is a component form of 艸.

巨
巨 Sound component
jù large

Character Evolution

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

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangɡaʔ

說文解字

束葦燒。从艸巨聲。

Sources

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