柞
zhàzuò

cut trees

Phonosemantic compound. 木 represents the meaning and 乍 represents the sound.

Components

木
木 Meaning component
mù tree

tree

乍
乍 Sound component
zhà, zuò suddenly

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagarttsraek[ts]ˤrak clear brush

說文解字

《說文》：“柞，木也。从木，乍聲。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)