尌 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

shù

standing (something) up

Depicts a hand (寸) cultivating a tree (木). The sound component 豆 was added later.

Components

木 Iconic component

mù tree

Depicts a tree being planted.

Change in form

Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to 木 than it was in ancient scripts.

豆 Sound component

dòu bean

Change in sound

尌 and 豆 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in Old Chinese.
尌 *m-toʔ-s
豆 *[d]ˤok-s

寸 Iconic component

cùn, cun (hand), inch

Depicts a hand cultivating a tree.

Regular Modern

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	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	dzyuH	m-toʔ-s	raise, stand up v.t.

《說文》：“尌，立也。从壴，从寸，持之也。讀若駐。”