mián​bàng

cotton swab

mián cotton

Silk  picked off a tree

Components

Meaning component
tree
Meaning component
silks

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangmen
Unicodemiɛn

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang

bàng stick

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Meaning component
tree
Sound component
fèng offer

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangbroːŋʔ

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang