柘榴
zhè​liú

pomegranate

柘 zhè a thorny tree

Components

木
木 Meaning component
mù tree

tree

石
石 Sound component
shí stone

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagarttsyæHtAk-sa kind of mulberry tree
Zhengzhangtjaɡs

說文解字

桑也。从木石聲。

Sources

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

榴 liú pomegranate

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

Components

木
木 Meaning component
mù tree
留
留 Sound component
liú to stay

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangm·ru
Unicodeliou

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang