枷
jiā

cangue scaffold

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

Components

木
木 Meaning component
mù tree
加
加 Sound component
jiā add

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangɡa
ɡal
kraːl

說文解字

柫也。从木加聲。淮南謂之柍。

Sources

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