桄榔
guāng​láng

sugar palm

桄 guāng, guàng a coir-palm

Components

木
木 Meaning component
mù tree

tree

光
光 Sound component
guāng light

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangkʷaːŋ
kʷaːŋs

說文解字

充也。从木光聲。

Sources

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

榔 láng, lǎng betel-nut tree

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

Components

木
木 Meaning component
mù tree
郎
郎 Sound component
láng gentleman

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangraːŋ
raːŋʔ

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang