薏苡
yì​yǐ

Job's tears

薏 yì seed of job's tears

Components

艹
艹 Meaning component
cao, cǎo grass

plant

意
意 Sound component
yì, yi thought

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangqɯɡ

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang

苡 yǐ barley

Components

艹
艹 Meaning component
cao, cǎo grass

grass

以
以 Sound component
yǐ by means of

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartyiXləʔPlantago
Zhengzhanglɯʔ

Sources

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