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蕘
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荛
🇨🇳

firewood

HSK 10
Nature →Plants
ráo
ジョウ
たきぎ、きこり
요
Components
Traditional (蕘)
艹 grass (top)+ 堯 Yao =
蕘 firewood
艹 Meaning component
cao grass (top)
grass
grass
堯 Phonetic component
Yao
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Simplified (荛)
艹 grass (top)+ 尧 legendary =
荛 fuel
艹 Meaning component
cao grass (top)
grass
grass
尧 Phonetic component
yáo legendary
a legendary ancient emperor-sage
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Notes
Similar Characters
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Historical Evolution
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
蕘
Regular
Modern
Chinese
荛 / 蕘 [ráo]
fuel; grass
Example Sentences
CHINESE WORDS (1)
刍荛 [chú​ráo]
to mow grass and cut firewood