coarse

A bitter  plant  also provides the pronunciation

Components

Meaning component
tree
SoundMeaning component
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