tǒng​fá

sleeve valve

tǒng thick piece of bamboo

Phonosemantic compound. ⺮ represents the meaning and represents the sound. Originally written as .

Components

Meaning component
zhú bamboo

⺮ is a component form of .

Sound component
tóng, tong, tòng together

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartduwnglˤoŋtube
Zhengzhangdoːŋ
doːŋs
Unicodedhung

說文解字

通簫也。从竹同聲。

Sources

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

powerful and influential group Simplified

Components

Meaning component
mén, men door

gate

Sound component
cut down

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

powerful and influential group Traditional

Components

Meaning component
mén, men door

gate

Sound component
cut down

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangbad

說文解字

閥閱,自序也。从門伐聲。義當通用伐。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica