biāopāo

Components

Meaning component
cao, cǎo grass

plant

Sound component
páo, biāo, piǎo till

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangpʰaːw
praw
brawʔ

說文解字

鹿藿也。从艸麃聲。讀若剽。一曰𦳋屬。

Sources

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