sprouts

Components
艹 meaning component

  Meaning component

caocǎo

  

grass

weed

夷 sound component

  Sound component

  

ancient barbarian tribes

Evolution

荑 Seal script Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)

Seal script

Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
荑 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
荑 Seal script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Seal script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
荑 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

sprouts; tares; (grass)

 

to weed