jiān

reed

Components
艹 meaning component

  Meaning component

caocǎo

  

grass

grass

兼 sound component

  Sound component

jiān

  

double

Evolution

蒹 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
蒹 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

jiān

reed, phragmites communis; reed