藹
ǎi

lush

Phonosemantic compound. 艹 represents the meaning and 謁 represents the sound.

Components

艹
艹 Meaning component
cao, cǎo grass

艹 is a component form of 艸.

謁
謁 Sound component
visit

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartʔajHqˤa[t]-sample, numerous
Unicodeqɑ̀i

說文解字

臣盡力之美。从言葛聲。《詩》曰：“譪譪王多吉士。”

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

蔼 ǎi lush Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 艹 represents the meaning and 谒 represents the sound. Simplified form of 藹.

Components

艹
艹 Meaning component
cao, cǎo grass

艹 is a component form of 艸.

谒
谒 Sound component
yè, ǎi visit

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode