xùn

mushrooms

Components
艹 meaning component

  Meaning component

caocǎo

  

grass

plant

覃 sound component

  Sound component

tánqín

  

reach to

Evolution

蕈 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

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

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
蕈 Seal script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Seal script

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

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

xùn

mushrooms, fungus; mildew, mold; mold; mushroom

Most common words with 蕈
Freq.
Word
Meaning

mold

毒蕈

toadstool

香蕈

shiitake (Lentinus edodes), an edible mushroom