驮筐
tuó​kuāng

pannier

驮 tuó carry on back Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 马 represents the meaning and 大 represents the sound. Simplified form of 馱.

Components

马
马 Meaning component
mǎ horse
大
大 Sound component
dà, dài big

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

筐 kuāng bamboo basket or chest

Components

⺮
⺮ Meaning component
zhú bamboo

bamboo

匡
匡 Sound component
kuāng, wāng correct

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
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 Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartkhjwangk-pʰaŋsquare basket
Zhengzhangkʰʷaŋ
Unicodekiuɑng

Sources

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

馱 tuó carry on back Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 馬 represents the meaning and 大 represents the sound.

Components

馬
馬 Meaning component
mǎ horse
大
大 Sound component
dà, dài big

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangdaːl
daːds

說文解字

負物也。从馬大聲。此俗語也。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)