Chinese Character Wiki

莪

é

artemisia

Components
艹 meaning component

艹  Meaning component

cao, cǎo

  

grass

grass

我 sound component

我  Sound component

wǒ

  

I; me

Evolution

莪 Seal script Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)

Seal script

Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
莪 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

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

Seal script

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

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

莪  

é

artemisia; zedoary (Curcuma zedoaria), plant rhizome similar to turmeric

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

5829th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

10

Unicode

U+83AA

Shuowen

“莪，蘿莪，萵屬。从艸，我聲。”


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