栉
zhì

comb

A wooden 木 comb 节; 节 also provides the pronunciation

Components

木
木 Meaning component
mù tree
节
节 SoundMeaning component
jié holiday

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

櫛 comb Traditional

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

Components

木
木 Meaning component
mù tree
節
節 SoundMeaning component
jié holiday

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Three Kingdoms (Cao Wei) 222-280 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangʔsriɡ
Unicodejrit

說文解字

《說文》：“櫛，梳比之總名也。从木，節聲。”

Sources

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