shū
vegetables
Phonosemantic compound. 艹 represents the meaning and 疏 represents the sound.
Evolution
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical script
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)Regular script
ModernDefinitions
Most common words with 蔬
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
vegetables | ||
vegetables | ||
vegetables and fruits | ||
greens | ||
vegetarian meal |
Historical pronunciation
Old Chinese | Middle Chinese | Pinyin | Gloss |
*sra | srjo | shū | vegetable, grain |
Statistics
HSK level 5
Appears in 3.9404% of movies
2560th most common character in movies
2721st most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 15 |
Unicode | U+852C |
Shuowen | 《說文新附》：“蔬，菜也。从艸，疏聲。” |
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