Phonosemantic compound. 木 represents the meaning and 午 represents the sound. Originally written as 午, a pictograph of a pestle used for pounding rice.
Components
Character Evolution
Historical Pronunciations
| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | Gloss | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter-Sagart | tsyhoX | t.qʰaʔ | pestle |
說文解字
《說文》：“杵，舂杵也。从木，午聲。”
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)