zhēng​guō

steamer

zhēng steam

Steam  provides the meaning and sound

Components

Meaning component
cao, cǎo grass
Meaning component
zhēng rise

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagarttsyingtəŋtwigs as firewood
Zhengzhangkljɯŋ
Unicodejiəng
jiɛng

說文解字

折麻中榦也。从艸烝聲。

Sources

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

guō cooking-pot Simplified

Components

Meaning component
jīn metal

metal

Sound component
guō, wāi, hé chat

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

guō cooking-pot Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Meaning component
jīn metal

is a component form of .

Sound component
chat

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangkloːl

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang