蒲棒
pú​bàng

cattail spike

蒲 pú, bó type of rush

Phonosemantic compound. 艹 represents the meaning and 浦 represents the sound.

Components

艹
艹 Meaning component
cao, cǎo grass

艹 is a component form of 艸.

浦
浦 Sound component
pǔ bank of river

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartbu[b]ˤapart of personal name
Zhengzhangbaː
Unicodebho

說文解字

水艸也。可以作席。从艸浦聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

棒 bàng stick

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

Components

木
木 Meaning component
mù tree
奉
奉 Sound component
fèng offer

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangbroːŋʔ

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang