shíshì

transplant

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components
艹 meaning component

  Meaning component

caocǎo

  

grass

is a component form of .

時 sound component

  Sound component

shí

  

time

Evolution

蒔 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
蒔 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

() 

shí

transplant; plant; dill, Anethum graveolens; see 蒔蘿|莳萝[shí​luó]

() 

shì

to grow; to transplant

Most common words with 蒔
Freq.
Word
Meaning

to grow

莳萝

dill (herb, Anethum graveolens)