冰棒
bīng​bàng

popsicle

冰 bīng ice

Depicts chunks (冫) of frozen water (水).

Components

冫
冫 Iconic component
bīng ice

冫 is a component form of 冰. Depicts chunks of ice.

水
水 Meaning component
shuǐ water

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Early Warring States ~400 BC
Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 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-Sagartpingp.rəŋ (dialect: *p.r- > *pr-)ice

說文解字

《說文》：“冰，水堅也。从仌，从水。凝，俗冰从疑。”

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)

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