柞栎
zuò​lì

Mongolian oak

柞 zhà, zuò, zé cut trees

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

Components

木
木 Meaning component
mù tree

tree

乍
乍 Sound component
zhà, zuò suddenly

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagarttsraek[ts]ˤrak clear brush

說文解字

《說文》：“柞，木也。从木，乍聲。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

栎 lì, luò, yuè chestnut-leaved oak Simplified

Components

木
木 Meaning component
mù tree

tree

乐
乐 Sound component
lè, yuè happy, music

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

櫟 chestnut-leaved oak Traditional

Components

木
木 Meaning component
mù tree

tree

樂
樂 Sound component
lè, yuè happy, music

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Warring States ~250 BC
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
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartlek[r]ˤewkoak
Zhengzhanglawɢ
reːwɢ

說文解字

木也。从木樂聲。

Sources

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