蜜枣
mì​zǎo

candied jujube

蜜 mì honey

Phonosemantic compound. 虫 represents the meaning and 宓 represents the sound.

Components

虫
虫 Meaning component
chóng bug, insect
宓
宓 Sound component
mì, fú quiet

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Three Kingdoms (Cao Wei) 222-280 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartmjitmithoney
Zhengzhangmliɡ

Sources

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

枣 zǎo date tree Simplified

Simplified form of 棗. Pictograph of a date tree.

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

棗 zǎo date tree Traditional

Pictograph of two thorns.

Components

朿
朿 Iconic component
cì thorn, stab
朿
朿 Iconic component
cì thorn, stab

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Warring States ~250 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
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 Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Jin 266-316 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Jin 266-420 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (1)

早

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagarttsawX[ts]ˤuʔ jujube

說文解字

《說文》：“棗，羊棗也。从重朿。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)