bào​chuáng

planer

páo carpenter's plane

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound. Simplified form of .

Components

Meaning component
dāo knife

is a component form of .

Sound component
bāo wrap

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangbruː

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang

chuáng bed

Depicts a bed () made from wood (). Originally written as or .

Components

SoundIconic component
pán, qiáng piece of wood

Depicts a bed.

Change in form
Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to than it was in ancient scripts.
Meaning component
tree

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartdzrjangk.dzraŋbed
Zhengzhangzraŋ
Unicodejrhiɑng

Sources

Character origin
季旭昇《說文新證》p.489-490漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang