舷梯 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

xiántī

gangway

xián the sides of a boat

舟 Meaning component

zhōu boat

ship

玄 Sound component

xuán, xuàn black

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese
Zhengzhang		ɡeːn
Unicode	hen

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

木 Meaning component

mù tree

弟 Sound component

dì, di younger brother

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Baxter-Sagart	thej	l̥ˤ[ə]j	stairs

《說文》：“梯，木階也。从木，弟聲。”