棍杖 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

gùnzhàng

staff

gùn stick

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

木 Meaning component

mù tree

昆 Sound component

kūn elder brother

	Old Chinese
Zhengzhang	kuːns
	ɡuːnʔ

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

木 Meaning component

mù tree

丈 Sound component

zhàng unit of length ~ 3 meters

Regular Modern

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	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese
Zhengzhang		daŋʔ
Unicode	dhjiɑ̌ng

持也。从木丈聲。