抬杠
tái​gàng

bicker

抬 tái lift

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

Components

扌
扌 Meaning component
shou, shǒu hand

扌 is a component form of 手.

台
台 Sound component
tái platform

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangl'ɯː

Sources

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

杠 gàng lever Simplified

A wooden 木 lever 工; 工 also provides the pronunciation

Components

木
木 Meaning component
mù tree
工
工 SoundMeaning component
gōng work

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Late Shang ~1100 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangkroːŋ

說文解字

牀前橫木也。从木工聲。

Sources

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

槓 gàng lever Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 木 represents the meaning and 貢 represents the sound.

Components

木
木 Meaning component
mù tree
貢
貢 Sound component
gòng offer tribute

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode