跷跷板
qiāo​qiāo​bǎn

seesaw

跷 qiāo raise one's foot Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 足 represents the meaning and 尧 represents the sound. Simplified form of 蹺.

Components

足
足 Meaning component
zú foot
尧
尧 Sound component
yáo a legendary ancient emperor-sage

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

板 bǎn plank

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

Components

木
木 Meaning component
mù tree
反
反 Sound component
fǎn reverse

Character Evolution

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

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartpaenXC.pˤranʔ plank, board
paenXpˤranʔ perverse

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica

蹺 raise one's foot Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 足 represents the meaning and 堯 represents the sound.

Components

足
足 Meaning component
zú foot
堯
堯 Sound component
legendary ancient emperor-sage

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangŋ̊ʰew

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang