shān​gé

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zhà, shān, cè fence Simplified

A fence  made of wood  also provides the pronunciation

Components

Meaning component
tree
SoundMeaning component
book

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagarttsrhɛk[tsʰ]ˤrekhedge
Zhengzhangsʰraːɡ
sʰreːɡ
sraːns

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica

gé, ge pattern, frame

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Meaning component
tree
Sound component
each

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Jin 266-420 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartkaekkˤrak go to

說文解字

《說文》:“格,木長皃。从木,各聲。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica

fence Traditional

A fence  made of wood  also provides the pronunciation

Components

Meaning component
tree
SoundMeaning component
book

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

說文解字

編樹木也。从木从冊,冊亦聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical images
Academia Sinica