Original meaning: long board erected for building walls
Phonosemantic compound. 𢦏 represents the sound and 木 represents the meaning.
Components
Character Evolution
Historical Pronunciations
| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | Gloss | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter-Sagart | tsoj | [ts]ˤə | plant (v.) |
說文解字
《說文》：“栽，築牆長版也。从木，聲。《春秋傳》曰：‘楚圍蔡，里而栽。’”
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)