shī

milfoil

Components

Meaning component
cao, cǎo grass

plant

Sound component
qí, zhǐ, shì man of sixty

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartsyijs-kijAchillea (?)
Zhengzhangqʰlji

說文解字

蒿屬。生十歲,百莖。《易》以爲𢿙。天子蓍九尺,諸侯七尺,大夫五尺,士三尺。从艸耆聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica