柑橘 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

gānjú

citrus

gān, qián tangerine

A tree 木 bearing sweet fruit 甘; 甘 also provides the pronunciation

木 Meaning component

mù tree

gān sweetness

	Old Chinese
Zhengzhang	kaːm

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

木 Meaning component

mù tree

tree

矞 Sound component

yù, jué, xù bore with awl

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	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	kjwit	[s.k]ʷi[t]	orange (tangerine?)

《說文》：“橘，果，出江南。从木，矞聲。”