案牍
àn​dú

official documents

案 àn table, case, incident

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

Components

安
安 Sound component
ān peaceful
木
木 Meaning component
mù tree

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagart'anHʔˤa[n]-s stool; tray

說文解字

《說文》：“案，几屬。从木，安聲。”

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)

牍 dú writing tablet Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 片 represents the meaning and 卖 represents the sound. Simplified form of 牘.

Components

片
片 Meaning component
piàn, piān slice
卖
卖 Sound component
mài, mai sell

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

牘 writing tablet Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 片 represents the meaning and 賣 represents the sound.

Components

片
片 Meaning component
piàn, piān slice
賣
賣 Sound component
mài, mai sell

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartduwklˤoktablet
Zhengzhangl'oːɡ

說文解字

書版也。从片賣聲。

Sources

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