菠萝啤
bō​luó​pí

pineapple soda

菠 bō spinach and similar greens

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

Components

艹
艹 Meaning component
cao, cǎo grass

艹 is a component form of 艸.

波
波 Sound component
bō waves

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangpaːl

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang

萝 luó type of creeping plant Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 艹 represents the meaning and 罗 represents the sound. Simplified form of 蘿.

Components

艹
艹 Meaning component
cao, cǎo grass

艹 is a component form of 艸.

罗
罗 Sound component
luó, luō, luo net for catching birds

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

啤 pí beer

Phonosemantic compound. 口 represents the meaning and 卑 represents the sound.

Components

口
口 Meaning component
kǒu, kou mouth
卑
卑 Sound component
bēi humble, inferior
Change in sound

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode

蘿 luó type of creeping plant Traditional

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

Components

艹
艹 Meaning component
cao, cǎo grass

艹 is a component form of 艸.

羅
羅 Sound component
net for catching birds

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangraːl
Unicodelɑ

說文解字

莪也。从艸羅聲。

Sources

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