jiāo

a root

Components
艹 meaning component

  Meaning component

caocǎo

  

grass

plant

九 sound component

  Sound component

jiǔ

  

nine

Evolution

艽 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
艽 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

jiāo

a root; a lair; see 秦艽[qín​jiāo]