edible bean

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components
艹 meaning component

  Meaning component

caocǎo

  

grass

is a component form of .

曷 sound component

  Sound component

  

why? what? where?

Evolution

葛 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
葛 Clerical script Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)

Clerical script

Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)
葛 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

edible bean; surname; kudzu (Pueraria lobata); hemp cloth

 

surname Ge

Most common words with 葛
Freq.
Word
Meaning

hemp cloth

诸葛亮

mastermind

瓜葛

interconnected

纠葛

dispute

葛优

Ge You (1957-), Chinese actor

Component uses

Sound component in 1 character (0 verified)