杯筊

杯 bēi cup

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

Components

木
木 Meaning component
mù tree
不
不 Sound component
bù, bu no
Change in sound

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
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 ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartpwojpˤə cup

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica

筊 xiáo, jiǎo, jiào bamboo rope

Bamboo ⺮ used to tie 交 things; 交 also provides the pronunciation

Components

⺮
⺮ Meaning component
zhú bamboo
交
交 SoundMeaning component
jiāo to cross, to mix

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangkreːwʔ
ɡreːw

說文解字

竹索也。从竹交聲。

Sources

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