板凳
bǎn​dèng

bench

板 bǎn plank

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

Components

木
木 Meaning component
mù tree
反
反 Sound component
fǎn reverse

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 Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartpaenXC.pˤranʔ plank, board
paenXpˤranʔ perverse

Sources

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

凳 dèng bench

Phonosemantic compound. 几 represents the meaning and 登 represents the sound. Simplified form of 櫈.

Components

几
几 Meaning component
jǐ, jī small table
登
登 Sound component
dēng rise

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangtɯːŋs

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang