circium

Components
艹 meaning component

  Meaning component

caocǎo

  

grass

plant

魝 sound component

  Sound component

  

Evolution

薊 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

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

Seal script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
薊 Seal script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Seal script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
薊 Clerical script Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)

Clerical script

Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)
薊 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

() 

circium, thistles; surname; cirsium; thistle

() 

surname Ji; ancient Chinese city state near modern day Beijing

Most common words with 薊
Freq.
Word
Meaning

surname Ji

蓟县

Ji county in Tianjin 天津[Tiān​jīn]