懂中文 Dong Chinese

莠

yǒu

weeds

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

Components
艹 meaning component

艹  Meaning component

cao, cǎo

  

grass

艹 is a component form of 艸.

秀 sound component

秀  Sound component

xiù

  

elegant, excellent

Evolution

莠 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
莠 Clerical script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
莠 Clerical script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
莠 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

莠  

yǒu

weeds, tares; undesirable, evil; Setaria viridis; vicious

Most common words with 莠
Freq.
Word
Meaning

良莠不齐

good and bad people intermingled

莠

vicious

不稂不莠

useless