拐杖
guǎi​zhàng HSK7

walking stick

拐 guǎi kidnap

To take another 另 by force 扌

Components

扌
扌 Meaning component
shou, shǒu hand
另
另 Meaning component
lìng (bones), another

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangɡʷroːlʔ

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang

杖 zhàng cane

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

Components

木
木 Meaning component
mù tree
丈
丈 Sound component
zhàng unit of length ~ 3 meters

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangdaŋʔ
Unicodedhjiɑ̌ng

說文解字

持也。从木丈聲。

Sources

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