Chinese Character Wiki

莒

jǔ

hemp-like plant

Components
艹 meaning component

艹  Meaning component

cao, cǎo

  

grass

plant

吕 sound component

吕  Sound component

lǚ

  

pitchpipe

Evolution

莒 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

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

Seal script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
莒 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
莒 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

莒  

jǔ

hemp-like plant; taro; herb; alternative name for taro (old)

莒  

Jǔ

Zhou Dynasty vassal state in modern day Shandong Province

Most common words with 莒
Freq.
Word
Meaning

莒

Zhou Dynasty vassal state in modern day Shandong Province

莒县

Jun county in Rizhao 日照[Rì​zhào], Shandong

莒南县

Ju'nan county in Linyi 臨沂|临沂[Lín​yí], Shandong

莒南

Ju'nan county in Linyi 臨沂|临沂[Lín​yí], Shandong

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*k.raʔ (dialect: *k.r- > > kr-)

kjoX

jǔ

plant; place name


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

5148th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

9

Unicode

U+8392

Shuowen

“莒，齊謂芋為莒。从艸，呂聲。”


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