杉
shānshā

various species of pine and fir

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

Components

木
木 Meaning component
mù tree
彡
彡 Sound component
shān, xiǎn hair

Character Evolution

Clerical form
Clerical Western Jin 266-316 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangsreːm
Unicodeshræm

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica