榷
què

footbridge

Components

木
木 Meaning component
mù tree

wood

隺
隺 Sound component
hú, què, hè (crane), very high

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangkroːwɢ

說文解字

水上橫木，所以渡者也。从木隺聲。

Sources

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