桔梗 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

jiégěng

balloon flower

jú Chinese bellflower

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

Components

木 Meaning component

mù tree

吉 Sound component

jí lucky

Character Evolution

Seal form — Seal Shuowen ~100 AD

Clerical form — Clerical Qin 221-206 BC

Clerical form — Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD

Clerical form — Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD

Regular Modern

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Historical Pronunciations

	Old Chinese
Zhengzhang	kiːd

說文解字

桔梗，藥名。从木吉聲。一曰直木。

Sources

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

gěng stem of flower

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

Components

木 Meaning component

mù tree

更 Sound component

gèng, gēng more

Character Evolution

Seal form — Seal Shuowen ~100 AD

Clerical form — Clerical Qin 221-206 BC

Clerical form — Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD

Clerical form — Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD

Regular Modern

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	kængX	kˤraŋʔ	suffering
Zhengzhang		kraːŋʔ
Unicode	gæ̌ng

說文解字

山枌榆。有朿，莢可爲蕪夷者。从木更聲。

Sources

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