葩 · Zhao Mengfu
Pā (1st tone). The Shuowen Jiezi defines it simply as 「葩，華也。从艸皅聲」 — ‘pa is hua’, glossed with the old word for flower, grass with 皅 as phonetic; Duan Yucai unpacks the equation carefully: 「古光華字與花實字同義同音…草木花冣麗，故凡物盛麗皆曰華」 — in antiquity the wor $9.00 – Purchase Checkout Added to cart