榭
xiè

kiosk

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

Components

木
木 Meaning component
mù tree
射
射 Sound component
shè shoot

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangljaːɡs
Unicodezià

說文解字

臺有屋也。从木䠶聲。

Sources

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