敲榨
qiāo​zhà

press

敲 qiāo strike

Phonosemantic compound. 攴 represents the meaning and 高 represents the sound.

Components

高
高 Sound component
gāo high
攴
攴 Meaning component
pū tap

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangkʰraːw
kʰraːws
Unicodekau

說文解字

《說文》：“敲，橫擿也。从攴，高聲。”

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)

榨 zhà to press or extract juices

Phonosemantic compound. 木 represents the meaning and 窄 represents the sound. Simplified form of 搾.

Components

木
木 Meaning component
mù tree
窄
窄 Sound component
zhǎi narrow

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangʔsraːɡs

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang