Shuowen component 11: 屮
About this component
Component: 屮
Seal font (Chongxi): 屮
Mandarin: chè
Sino-Vietnamese: —
Japanese: サ (sa)
Korean: —
Unihan definition: sprout; Kangxi radical 45
Variants: —
Shuowen entry
艸木初生也。象丨出形，有枝莖也。古文或以爲艸字。讀若徹。凡屮之屬皆从屮。尹彤說。