shī

milfoil

Components
艹 meaning component

  Meaning component

caocǎo

  

grass

plant

耆 sound component

  Sound component

  

man of sixty

Evolution

蓍 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
蓍 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
蓍 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

shī

milfoil, plant used in divination; yarrow (Achillea millefolium)