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artemisia

Components
艹 meaning component

  Meaning component

caocǎo

  

grass

grass

我 sound component

  Sound component

  

I; me

Evolution

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

Seal script

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

Seal script

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

Seal script

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

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

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artemisia; zedoary (Curcuma zedoaria), plant rhizome similar to turmeric