柄
bǐng HSK7

handle

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

Components

木
木 Meaning component
mù tree
丙
丙 Sound component
bǐng third

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
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-SagartpjængH[p]raŋʔ-shandle (n.)
Zhengzhangpraŋʔ
praŋs
Unicodebiæ̀ng

說文解字

柯也。从木丙聲。

Sources

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