píng

smooth board

A flat  piece of wood  also provides the pronunciation

Components

Meaning component
tree
SoundMeaning component
píng flat

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangbeŋ
beŋs

說文解字

平也。从木从平,平亦聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica