Chinese Character Wiki

芍

sháo, què

peony

Components
艹 meaning component

艹  Meaning component

cao, cǎo

  

grass

plant

勺 sound component

勺  Sound component

sháo

  

spoon

Evolution

芍 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
芍 Clerical script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical script

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

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

芍  

sháo

peony; water chestnuts; Chinese peony; Paeonia albiflora or lactiflora

芍  

Què

see 芍陂[Què​pí]

Most common words with 芍
Freq.
Word
Meaning

芍

Chinese peony

芍药

peony used in TCM

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

4361st most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

6

Unicode

U+828D

Shuowen

“芍，鳧茈也。从艸，勺聲。”


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