梭镖
suō​biāo

spear

梭 suō, xùn weaver's shuttle

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

Components

木
木 Meaning component
mù tree
夋
夋 Sound component
qūn to dawdle

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangsloːl
Unicodesuɑ

說文解字

木也。从木夋聲。

Sources

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Zhengzhang Shangfang
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Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

镖 biāo dart Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 钅 represents the meaning and 票 represents the sound. Simplified form of 鏢.

Components

钅
钅 Meaning component
jīn metal

钅 is a component form of 金.

票
票 Sound component
piào slip of paper or bamboo

Sources

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Unicode

鏢 dart Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 釒 represents the meaning and 票 represents the sound.

Components

釒
釒 Meaning component
jīn metal

釒 is a component form of 金.

票
票 Sound component
piào slip of paper or bamboo

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangpew
pʰew

說文解字

刀削末銅也。从金㶾聲。

Sources

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