杏
xìng

apricot

Depicts a fruit from a tree (木) that is delicious to taste (口).

Components

木
木 Iconic component
mù tree
口
口 Iconic component
kǒu, kou mouth

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagarthaengXC.[g]ˤraŋʔ apricot (tree)

說文解字

《說文》：“杏，果也。从木，可省聲。”

Sources

Character origin
黃德寬《古文字譜系疏證》p.1734
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)