rushes

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components
艹 meaning component

  Meaning component

caocǎo

  

grass

is a component form of .

盧 sound component

  Sound component

  

rice vessel

Evolution

蘆 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

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

Clerical script

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

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

() 

rushes, reeds; rush; reed; Phragmites communis

Most common words with 蘆
Freq.
Word
Meaning

葫芦

hoist

芦笋

asparagus

rush

芦苇

reed

芦荟

aloe vera