shāo​gū

hoop a basket

shāo basket

Components

Meaning component
zhú bamboo

bamboo

Sound component
xiào look like

Character Evolution

Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartsræw[s](ˤ)rewbamboo vessel
Zhengzhangsreːw
Unicodeshrau

Sources

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

hoop

Bamboo ⺮ bindings also provides the pronunciation

Components

Meaning component
zhú bamboo
SoundMeaning component
liè (same as U+64F8 擸) to hold

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangkʷaː

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang