water caltrop

Components
艹 meaning component

  Meaning component

caocǎo

  

grass

plant

支 sound component

  Sound component

zhī

  

support, hold up

Evolution

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

Seal script

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

Seal script

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

Seal script

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

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
芰 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

water caltrop; Trapa natans