蒻
ruò

rushes

Components

艹
艹 Meaning component
cao, cǎo grass

grass

弱
弱 Sound component
ruò weak

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangnjewɢ

說文解字

蒲子。可以爲平席。从艸弱聲。

Sources

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