橘
jú HSK7

mandarin orange, tangerine

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

Components

木
木 Meaning component
mù tree

tree

矞
矞 Sound component
yù, jué, xù bore with awl

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartkjwit[s.k]ʷi[t] orange (tangerine?)

說文解字

《說文》:“橘,果,出江南。从木,矞聲。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica