碇泊
dìng​bó

anchor

碇 dìng anchor

Components

石
石 Meaning component
shí stone

rock

定
定 Sound component
dìng settle

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

泊 pō, bó anchor vessel

Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 白 represents the sound.

Components

氵
氵 Meaning component
shui, shuǐ water

氵 is a component form of 水.

白
白 Sound component
bái, bai white

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (0 of 1 verified)

箔

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartbak[b]ˤakcalm, still
Zhengzhangbaːɡ
Unicodebhɑk

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica