灷
zhuàn

seal up gaps of a boat

Depicts two hands (廾) holding an object (丨) to patch up a gap in a boat, now written as 朕.

Components

◎
◎ Iconic component
characterless component

Depicts filling material or caulking.

丨
丨 Iconic component
gǔn, shù vertical line

Depicts an object for patching the boat.

廾
廾 Iconic component
gǒng two hands

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (2)

送朕

Iconic (1)

朕

Sources

Character origin
季旭昇《說文新證》p.685
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical images
Academia Sinica