莠

yǒu
Rank #5243

Definitions

yǒu Setaria viridis; vicious

Etymology

Phonosemantic compound. 艹 represents the meaning and 秀 represents the sound.

Semantic: 艹 Phonetic: 秀

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Seal etymology image
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical etymology image
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical etymology image
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
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Related Characters

Component: 秀

透 诱 绣 锈 誘 琇 綉 銹

Component: 艹

英 花 落 节 苏 苦 若 药 获 范 著 艺 草 藏

Components

秀 艹

Example Words

良莠不齐