朴硝
pò​xiāo

mirabilite

朴 pǔ surname Piao

Phonosemantic compound. 木 represents the meaning and 卜 represents the sound. Simplified form of 樸.

Components

木
木 Meaning component
mù tree
卜
卜 Sound component
bo fortune telling

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangpʰroːɡ

說文解字

木皮也。从木卜聲。

Sources

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

硝 xiāo saltpeter

Phonosemantic compound. 石 represents the meaning and 肖 represents the sound.

Components

石
石 Meaning component
shí stone
肖
肖 Sound component
xiào look like

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangsew

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang