flowers

Components
艹 meaning component

  Meaning component

caocǎo

  

grass

plant

皅 sound component

  Sound component

  

Evolution

葩 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
葩 Seal script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Seal script

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

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

flowers; corolla of flower

Most common words with 葩
Freq.
Word
Meaning

奇葩

exotic flower

corolla of flower

奇葩异卉

rare and exotic flora (idiom)