荨 - Dong Chinese dictionary

xún, qián

nettle

Phonosemantic compound. 艹 represents the meaning and 寻 represents the sound. Simplified form of 蕁.

Components

艹 Meaning component

cao, cǎo

grass

艹 is a component form of 艸.

寻 Sound component

xún

seek

Evolution

荨 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

荨 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Simplified script

Modern

Definitions

qián

nettle

Most common words with 荨

Freq.	Word	Meaning
	荨	nettle
	荨麻疹	urticaria
	荨麻	nettle

Sources

Make Me a Hanzi

MTSU Chinese text computing