樴
zhí

wooden stake

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

Components

木
木 Meaning component
mù tree
戠
戠 Sound component
zhī, zhí to gather

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagarttsyiktək pole

說文解字

《說文》：“樴，弋也。从木，戠聲。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)