蕪 - Dong Chinese dictionary

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wú

luxurious growth of weeds

Phonosemantic compound. 艹 represents the meaning and 無 represents the sound.

Components

艹 Meaning component

cao, cǎo

grass

艹 is a component form of 艸.

無 Sound component

wú

negative

Evolution

Seal script

Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

wú

luxurious growth of weeds; overgrown with weeds

Most common words with 蕪

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

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese	Middle Chinese	Pinyin	Gloss
*m(r)a	mju	wú	overgrown with weeds

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

3239th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

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