species of oak

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Meaning component
tree
Sound component
feather

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Late Shang ~1100 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangqʰʷaʔ
ɢʷaʔ

說文解字

柔也。从木羽聲。其皁,一曰様。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica