circium

Components

Meaning component
cao, cǎo grass

plant

Sound component
type of fish

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Jin 266-316 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangkeːds
Unicodegèi

說文解字

芺也。从艸魝聲。

Sources

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

circium Simplified

Components

Meaning component
cao, cǎo grass

plant

Sound component
fish
Unknown component
dāo knife

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode