藤椒 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

téngjiāo

green Sichuan peppercorn

téng rattan

Phonosemantic compound. 艹 represents the meaning and 滕 represents the sound.

Components

艹 Meaning component

cao, cǎo grass

艹 is a component form of 艸.

滕 Sound component

téng water bursting forth

Character Evolution

Seal form — Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC

Regular Modern

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese
Zhengzhang		l'ɯːŋ
Unicode	dhəng

Sources

Character origin: 漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images: Academia Sinica

jiāo pepper

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

Components

木 Meaning component

mù tree

叔 Sound component

shū, shu uncle

Character Evolution

Seal form — Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD

Clerical form — Clerical Qin 221-206 BC

Clerical form — Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD

Clerical form — Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD

Regular Modern

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	tsew	s.tˤiw	pepper plant
	tsjew	S.tew	pepper plant
Zhengzhang		ʔsliw
Unicode	tziɛu

Sources

Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Baxter-Sagart Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images: Academia Sinica