凸槌
tū​chuí

mess up

凸 tū protrude

Pictograph of a bump sticking out. Opposite of 凹.

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangdɯːd
duːd

Sources

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

槌 chuí, zhuì, duī hammer

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

Components

木
木 Meaning component
mù tree
追
追 Sound component
zhuī pursue

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangdols
dul

說文解字

關東謂之槌，關西謂之㭙。从木追聲。

Sources

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