扭矩
niǔ​jǔ

torque

扭 niǔ, niu turn

Phonosemantic compound. 扌 represents the meaning and 丑 represents the sound.

Components

扌
扌 Meaning component
shou, shǒu hand

扌 is a component form of 手.

丑
丑 Sound component
chǒu second earthly branch; (simp.) ugly

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangnuʔ
tnuʔ

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang

矩 ju carpenter's square

Depicts a person (大/夫) holding a tool (巨). 巨 also represents the sound.

Components

夫
夫 Iconic component
fu, fū man

Depicts a person. Modern form looks like 矢.

巨
巨 SoundIconic component
jù large

Depicts a carpenter's square.


Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Spring and Autumn ~500 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
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 Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Three Kingdoms (Cao Wei) 222-280 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (0 of 1 verified)

榘

Meaning (0 of 1 verified)

榘

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartkjuX[k]ʷ(r)aʔ carpenter's square

說文解字

《說文》：“巨，規巨也。从工，象手持之。榘，巨或从木、矢，矢者，其中正也。，古文巨。”

Sources

Character origin
季旭昇《說文新證》p.383黃德寬《古文字譜系疏證》p.1388-1389
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)