Unicode: U+84EF

Pinyin: cōng

Definition

z:* 〔葑蓯〕即芜菁。 cōng:* 〔蓯蓉〕药草肉苁蓉、草苁蓉的统称。 s:* 〔衝蓯〕相入貌

medicinal herb

Structure

蓯 graph

Related substructures

Precursors

Clerical Script
c. 300 BCE–220 CE (emerged late Warring States/Qin; dominant Han)
A practical script that evolved from late Warring States/Qin writing; it matured and became dominant in the Han dynasty, favoring faster, more rectilinear strokes.Wikipedia ->
91_E55591_E556
Transmitted Pre-Qin Forms
Pre-Qin forms (≤221 BCE) / late 2nd century BCE onward (Han → later textual transmission)
Pre-Qin character forms preserved through later textual transmission (often discussed as the 'Old Text' / guwen tradition). Shaped by repeated copying, they can diverge from excavated Warring States materials.Wikipedia ->
81_E58B

Last Modified: 2026-01-29 11:48 UTC