sù​jiāo

plastic

sculpt, clay model, plastic

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Sound component
shuò first day of lunar month
Meaning component
earth

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangsŋaːɡs

Sources

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

jiāo glue Simplified

Tendons that connect  muscles ⺼;  also provides the pronunciation

Components

Meaning component
ròu meat, flesh
SoundMeaning component
jiāo to cross, to mix

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangɡreːw

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang

jiāo glue Traditional

Components

Meaning component
ròu meat, flesh

flesh

Sound component
liù, lù to sweep away, to remove

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartkæw[k]ˤriwglue
kæwX[k]ˤriwʔglue
Zhengzhangkrɯːw
krɯːws
kʰrɯːw
Unicodegau

說文解字

昵也。作之以皮。从肉翏聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica