板砖
bǎn​zhuān

brick

板 bǎn plank

Phonosemantic compound. 木 represents the meaning and 反 represents the sound.

Components

木
木 Meaning component
mù tree
反
反 Sound component
fǎn reverse

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartpaenXC.pˤranʔ plank, board
paenXpˤranʔ perverse

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica

砖 zhuān tile Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 石 represents the meaning and 专 represents the sound. Simplified form of 磚.

Components

石
石 Meaning component
shí stone
专
专 Sound component
zhuān monopolize

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

磚 zhuān tile Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 石 represents the meaning and 專 represents the sound.

Components

石
石 Meaning component
shí stone
專
專 Sound component
zhuān monopolize

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangtjon

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang