枨
chéng

door stop

Components

木
木 Meaning component
mù tree

wood

长
长 Sound component
zhǎng, cháng long

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

棖 door stop Traditional

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartdrængm-tˤ<r>aŋdoor-posts
Zhengzhangrdaːŋ

說文解字

杖也。从木長聲。一曰法也。

Sources

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