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蕢

🇹🇼🇭🇰🇯🇵

蒉

🇨🇳

edible

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kuì

カイ、ケ、キ

あ.れる

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

Components

Traditional (蕢)

艹 grass (top)+ 貴 expensive =

蕢 edible

艹 Meaning component

cao grass (top)

grass

plant

貴 Phonetic component

expensive

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Simplified (蒉)

艹 grass (top)+ 贵 costly =

蒉 straw basket

艹 Meaning component

cao grass (top)

grass

plant

贵 Phonetic component

guì costly

expensive, costly, valuable

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Notes

Historical Evolution

Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Seal

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

蒉

Regular

Modern

Chinese

蒉 / 蕢 [Kuì]

surname Kui

蒉 / 蕢 [kuì]

Amaranthus mangostanus

Example Sentences