turnip

Components

Meaning component
cao, cǎo grass

plant

Sound component
fú, fu clothes

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangbɯːɡ
bɯɡ

說文解字

蘆菔。似蕪菁,實如小尗者。从艸服聲。

Sources

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