幢
zhuàngchuáng HSK7

carriage curtain

Phonosemantic compound. 巾 represents the meaning and 童 represents the sound.

Components

巾
巾 Meaning component
jīn cloth
童
童 Sound component
tóng child

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartdræwng[d]ˤroŋa kind of flag
Zhengzhangrdoːŋ
rdoːŋs

說文解字

旌旗之屬。从巾童聲。

Sources

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