liǎo

smartweed

Components
艹 meaning component

  Meaning component

caocǎo

  

grass

grass

翏 sound component

  Sound component

liù

  

to sweep away, to remove

Evolution

蓼 Bronze script Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)

Bronze script

Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
蓼 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

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

Seal script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
蓼 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
蓼 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

liǎo

smartweed, polygonum; polygonum; smartweed

 

luxuriant growth

Most common words with 蓼
Freq.
Word
Meaning

polygonum

蓼蓝

indigo dye