the coconut tree

Components

Meaning component
tree

tree

Sound component
tooth

Character Evolution

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

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangŋraː
ŋraːs
Unicodenga

說文解字

木也。从木牙聲。一曰車𨊾會也。

Sources

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