棒槌 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

bàngchuí

wooden club

bàng stick

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

Components

木 Meaning component

mù tree

奉 Sound component

fèng offer

Historical Pronunciations

	Old Chinese
Zhengzhang	broːŋʔ

Sources

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

chuí, zhuì, duī hammer

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

Components

木 Meaning component

mù tree

追 Sound component

zhuī pursue

Character Evolution

Seal form — Seal Shuowen ~100 AD

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Historical Pronunciations

	Old Chinese
Zhengzhang	dols
	dul

說文解字

關東謂之槌，關西謂之㭙。从木追聲。

Sources

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