懂中文 Dong Chinese

荨

xún, qián

nettle

Phonosemantic compound. 艹 represents the meaning and 寻 represents the sound. Simplified form of 蕁.

Components
艹 meaning component

艹  Meaning component

cao, cǎo

  

grass

艹 is a component form of 艸.

寻 sound component

寻  Sound component

xún

  

seek

Evolution

荨 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
荨 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
荨 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

荨 (蕁) 

qián

nettle

Most common words with 荨
Freq.
Word
Meaning

荨

nettle

荨麻疹

urticaria

荨麻

nettle