Chinese Character Wiki

葭

jiā

bulrush

Components
艹 meaning component

艹  Meaning component

cao, cǎo

  

grass

grass

叚 sound component

叚  Sound component

jiǎ

  

false

Evolution

葭 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

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

Seal script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
葭 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

葭  

jiā

bulrush, reed; flute, whistle; reed; Phragmites communis

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

5735th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

12

Unicode

U+846D

Shuowen

“葭，葦之未秀者。从艸，叚聲。”


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