芜 - Dong Chinese dictionary

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wú

luxurious growth of weeds

Phonosemantic compound. 艹 represents the meaning and 无 represents the sound. Simplified form of 蕪.

Components

艹 Meaning component

cao, cǎo

grass

艹 is a component form of 艸.

无 Sound component

wú

negative

Evolution

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

wú

luxurious growth of weeds; overgrown with weeds

Most common words with 芜

Freq.	Word	Meaning
	荒芜	overgrown
	芜湖	Wuhu prefecture level city in Anhui
	芜	overgrown with weeds
	芜菁	turnip
	莱芜	Laiwu prefecture-level city in Shandong

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

3239th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

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