樛
jiū

bending branches

Branches 木 bowing in the wind 翏; 翏 also provides the pronunciation

Components

木
木 Meaning component
mù tree
翏
翏 SoundMeaning component
liù, lù to sweep away, to remove

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Late Warring States ~250 BC
Seal form
Seal Qin 221-206 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartkjiwk-riw (dialect: *k-r- > *kr-)down-curving (branch)
kjiwk-riw (dialect: > *k-r- > *kr-)twist (v.)
Zhengzhangkrɯw
Unicodegiəu

說文解字

下句曰樛。从木翏聲。

Sources

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