bān​bō

mottled and peeling

bān mottled

Markings  in jade 

Components

Meaning component
wáng king
Meaning component
wén writing
Meaning component
wáng king

Character Evolution

Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (0 of 1 verified)

Meaning (0 of 1 verified)

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartpænpˤranvariegated
Zhengzhangpraːn
Unicodeban

Sources

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

peel Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound. Simplified form of .

Components

Meaning component
dāo knife

is a component form of .

Sound component
copy

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

peel Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Meaning component
dāo knife

is a component form of .

Sound component
to carve wood

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartpæwk[p]ˤrok
(~ *mə-pˤrok)
flay, peel
Zhengzhangproːɡ
Unicodepak

說文解字

裂也。从刀从录。录,刻割也。录亦聲。

Sources

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