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蒿
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mugwort

HSK 10
Nature →Plants →Shrubs
hāo
コウ
よもぎ
호
Components
艹 grass (top)+ 高 tall =
蒿 mugwort
艹 Meaning component
cao grass (top)
grass
plant
高 Phonetic component
gāo tall
high, tall
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Notes
Similar Characters
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Historical Evolution
Oracle (~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle
(~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle (~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle
(~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle (~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle
(~1250-1000 BC)
Bronze Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
Bronze
Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
Bronze Early Warring States (~400 BC)
Bronze
Early Warring States (~400 BC)
Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical
Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
蒿
Regular
Modern
Chinese
蒿 [hāo]
celery wormwood (Artemisia carvifolia); to give off; to weed
Japanese
蓬 、 艾 、 蕭 、 蒿 よもぎ 、 ヨモギ 同音

noun

  1. usually kana Japanese mugwort (Artemisia princeps)
  2. usually kana mugwort (any plant of genus Artemisia); wormwood; sagebrush
Example Sentences
CHINESE WORDS (14)
龙蒿 [lóng​hāo] #62,900
tarragon
龙蒿 [lóng​hāo] #62,900
tarragon
茼蒿 [tóng​hāo] #41,923
crown daisy
伤心蒿目 [shāng​xīn​hāo​mù]
to grieve
伤心蒿目 [shāng​xīn​hāo​mù]
to grieve
矮脚苦蒿 [ǎi​jiǎo​kǔ​hāo]
see 熊膽草|熊胆草[xióng​dǎn​cǎo]
矮脚苦蒿 [ǎi​jiǎo​kǔ​hāo]
see 熊膽草|熊胆草[xióng​dǎn​cǎo]
艾蒿 [ài​hāo]
mugwort (Artemisia)
菌陈蒿 [jūn​chén​hāo]
tarragon
菌陈蒿 [jūn​chén​hāo]
tarragon
4 more items
JAPANESE WORDS (2)
蓬 [よもぎ] #40,606
Japanese mugwort (Artemisia princeps)
蒿雀 [あおじ]
black-faced bunting (Emberiza spodocephala)