凹版
āo​bǎn

intaglio

凹 āo concave

Pictograph of a concavity. Opposite of 凸.

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangqriːw
qriːb

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang

版 bǎn printing block, edition

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

Components

片
片 Meaning component
piàn, piān slice
反
反 Sound component
fǎn reverse

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangpraːnʔ
Unicodebǎn

說文解字

《說文》：“版，判也。从片，反聲。”

Sources

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