枋
fāng

sandalwood

A square 方 log 木; 方 also provides the pronunciation

Components

木
木 Meaning component
mù tree
方
方 SoundMeaning component
fāng, fang square

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartpjængH[p]raŋʔ-shandle (n.)
Zhengzhangpaŋ

說文解字

木。可作車。从木方聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)