橈
náoráo

bent or twisted piece of wood

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

Components

木
木 Meaning component
mù tree
堯
堯 Sound component
legendary ancient emperor-sage

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartnræwH[n]ˤrew-sbent wood
nyew[ŋ]ew (< uvular?)oar
Zhengzhangrŋaːws
ŋjew
Unicodenjiɛu

說文解字

曲木。从木堯聲。

Sources

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

桡 ráo, náo bent or twisted piece of wood Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 木 represents the meaning and 尧 represents the sound. Simplified form of 橈.

Components

木
木 Meaning component
mù tree
尧
尧 Sound component
yáo a legendary ancient emperor-sage

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode