庖
páo

kitchen

Phonosemantic compound. 广 represents the meaning and 包 represents the sound.

Components

广
广 Meaning component
guǎng roof
包
包 Sound component
bāo wrap

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangbruː

說文解字

廚也。从广包聲。

Sources

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