kuì

straw basket

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components
艹 meaning component

  Meaning component

caocǎo

  

grass

plant

貴 sound component

  Sound component

guì

  

expensive

Evolution

蕢 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
蕢 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

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

Seal script

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

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

() 

kuì

edible amaranth; straw basket; Amaranthus mangostanus

() 

Kuì

surname Kui