sháotiáo

rush plant

Components
艹 meaning component

  Meaning component

caocǎo

  

grass

plant

召 sound component

  Sound component

zhàoshào

  

summon

Evolution

苕 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
苕 Clerical script Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)

Clerical script

Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)
苕 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

sháo

rush plant; see 紅苕|红苕[hóng​sháo]

 

tiáo

reed grass; Chinese trumpet vine (Campsis grandiflora) (old)

Most common words with 苕
Freq.
Word
Meaning

reed grass

红苕

(dialect) sweet potato or yam