薛
xuēXuē

kind of marsh grass

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rejected by inralback19 · Feb 4, 2026, 11:45 PM · Reviewed by inralback19 on Feb 5, 2026, 12:46 PM

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A kind of bitter 辛 grass 艹

Components

艹
艹 Meaning component
𳄔
𳄔 Sound component

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Spring and Autumn 771-476 BC
Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartsjets.ŋatspec. of plant; (place name)
Zhengzhangsŋed

Sources

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