梗
gěng

stem of flower

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

Components

木
木 Meaning component
mù tree
更
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

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartkængXkˤraŋʔsuffering
Zhengzhangkraːŋʔ
Unicodegæ̌ng

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-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)