藨 (pāo): a kind of berry (used in names…

Meanings

山坡上长着野藨。

Shānpō shàng zhǎng zhe yě pāo.

Wild raspberries grow on the hillside.

这种藨吃起来有点酸。

Zhèzhǒng pāo chī qǐlái yǒudiǎn suān.

This kind of berry tastes a little sour.

usage

Read pāo, 藨 names a wild berry, a kind of raspberry. This dialect-flavored fruit sense is separate from the biāo sedge reading.

radical

艹 cǎo

grass; plant

艹 is the grass radical on top, marking 藨 as a plant. It pairs with the phonetic below to name a specific sedge.

phonetic

麃 biāo

phonetic element

麃 carries the sound biāo. It is rare as a standalone character today and works here purely as the phonetic part under the grass radical.

藨 pāo