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Components
艹 meaning component

  Meaning component

caocǎo

  

grass

plant

乃 sound component

  Sound component

nǎi

  

then

Evolution

艿 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
艿 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
艿 Bronze script Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)

Bronze script

Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
艿 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
艿 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

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see 芋艿[yù​nǎi]