楫
jí

oar

Components

木
木 Meaning component
mù tree

wood

咠
咠 Sound component
qì to whisper

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagarttsjep[ts]əp (MC V!)oar
Zhengzhangʔseb
Unicodetziɛp

說文解字

舟櫂也。从木咠聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica