葡萄柚
pú​táo​yòu

grapefruit

葡 pú grapes

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

Components

艹
艹 Meaning component
cao, cǎo grass

艹 is a component form of 艸.

匍
匍 Sound component
pú crawl

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangbaː
Unicodebho

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang

萄 táo grapes

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

Components

艹
艹 Meaning component
cao, cǎo grass

艹 is a component form of 艸.

匋
匋 Sound component
táo, yáo pottery

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangl'uː
Unicodedhɑu

說文解字

《說文》：“萄，艸也。从艸，匋聲。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

柚 yòu, yóu, zhóu pomelo

Phonosemantic compound. 木 represents the meaning and 由 represents the sound.

Components

木
木 Meaning component
mù tree
由
由 Sound component
yóu cause

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhanglɯwɢs
l'ɯwɢ
Unicodeiòu

說文解字

條也。似橙而酢。从木由聲。《夏書》曰：“厥包橘柚。”

Sources

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