撑船
chēng​chuán

punt

撑 chēng, cheng prop up Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 扌 represents the meaning and 掌 represents the sound. Simplified form of 撐.

Components

扌
扌 Meaning component
shou, shǒu hand

扌 is a component form of 手.

掌
掌 Sound component
zhǎng, zhang palm of hand

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

船 chuán ship

Phonosemantic compound. 舟 represents the meaning and 㕣 represents the sound.

Components

舟
舟 Meaning component
zhōu boat
㕣
㕣 Sound component
yǎn a marsh at the foot of the hills
Change in sound

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Early Warring States ~400 BC
Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartzywenCə.lo[n] boat

說文解字

《說文》：“船，舟也。从舟，鉛省聲。”

Sources

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

撐 chēng, cheng prop up Traditional

Components

扌
扌 Meaning component
shou, shǒu hand

hand

牚
牚 Sound component
chēng, chèng

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangrtʰaːŋ
Unicodetjæ̌ng

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang