楛
hùkǔ

coarse

A bitter 苦 plant 木; 苦 also provides the pronunciation

Components

木
木 Meaning component
mù tree
苦
苦 SoundMeaning component
kǔ bitter

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangɡaːʔ

說文解字

木也。从木苦聲。《詩》曰:“榛楛濟濟。”

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica