pēn​tǒng

watering can

pēn spurt Simplified

Components

Meaning component
kǒu, kou mouth

mouth

Sound component
bēn, bì, fén forge ahead

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

tǒng bucket, barrel

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Meaning component
tree
Sound component
yǒng, tǒng, dòng path

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartthuwngXl̥ˤoŋʔ bucket

說文解字

《說文》:“桶,木方,受六升。从木,甬聲。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica

pēn spurt Traditional

Components

Meaning component
kǒu, kou mouth

mouth

Sound component
forge ahead

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangpʰɯːn
pʰɯːns
pɯns
Unicodepən

說文解字

吒也。从口賁聲。一曰鼓鼻。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica