槌
chuí

hammer

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

Components

木
木 Meaning component
mù tree
追
追 Sound component
zhuī pursue

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangdols
dul

說文解字

關東謂之槌，關西謂之㭙。从木追聲。

Sources

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