frame on which silkworms spin

Components
艹 meaning component

  Meaning component

caocǎo

  

grass

grass

族 sound component

  Sound component

  

clan, tribe, race

Evolution

蔟 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
蔟 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

frame on which silkworms spin; collect; frame for silk worm; nest