藤箧
téng​qiè

wicker suitcase

藤 téng rattan

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

Components

艹
艹 Meaning component
cao, cǎo grass

艹 is a component form of 艸.

滕
滕 Sound component
téng water bursting forth

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangl'ɯːŋ
Unicodedhəng

Sources

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

箧 qiè rattan box Simplified

A bamboo ⺮ box 匚; 夹 provides the pronunciation

Components

⺮
⺮ Meaning component
zhú bamboo
匚
匚 Meaning component
fāng, fàng box
夹
夹 Sound component
jiā, jiá be wedged or inserted between, pressed from two sides

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

篋 rattan box Traditional

A bamboo ⺮ chest 匧; 匧 also provides the pronunciation

Components

⺮
⺮ Meaning component
zhú bamboo
匧
匧 SoundMeaning component
qiè a trunk

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 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 Chinese
Zhengzhangkʰeːb
Unicodekep

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica