HSK7

mandarin orange, tangerine

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Meaning component
tree

tree

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