粥棚
zhōu​péng

soup kitchen

粥 zhōu rice gruel, porridge

Depicts porridge being made from rice (米) around hot rising steam. Derived from 鬻.

Components

◎
◎ Iconic component
characterless component

Depicts hot steam rising.

米
米 Iconic component
mǐ rice

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagarttsyuwkt-quk gruel

說文解字

《說文》：“鬻，也。从，米聲。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫黃德寬《古文字譜系疏證》p.612zi.tools
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

棚 péng, peng tent

Phonosemantic compound. 木 represents the meaning and 朋 represents the sound.

Components

木
木 Meaning component
mù tree
朋
朋 Sound component
péng friend

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangbɯːŋ
brɯːŋ
brɯːŋ

說文解字

棧也。从木朋聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)