栈径
zhàn​jìng

plank road

栈 zhàn, zhǎn, chén warehouse Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 木 represents the meaning and 戋 represents the sound. Simplified form of 棧.

Components

木
木 Meaning component
mù tree
戋
戋 Sound component
jiān, cán small

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

径 jìng narrow path Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 彳 represents the meaning and 𢀖 represents the sound. Simplified form of 徑.

Components

彳
彳 Meaning component
chì, fú walk

彳 is a component form of 行.

𢀖
𢀖 Sound component
jīng, xíng warp (textile)

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode

棧 warehouse Traditional

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

Components

木
木 Meaning component
mù tree
戔
戔 Sound component
small

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartdzrænX[dz]ˤr[a][n]ʔshed
dzrænH[dz]ˤr[a][n]-sshed
dzrɛnX[dz]r[a][n]ʔshed
Zhengzhangzreːnʔ
zraːns
zrenʔ
Unicodejrhàn

說文解字

棚也。竹木之車曰棧。从木戔聲。

Sources

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

徑 jìng narrow path Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 彳 represents the meaning and 巠 represents the sound.

Components

彳
彳 Meaning component
chì, fú walk

彳 is a component form of 行.

巠
巠 Sound component
jīng warp (textile)

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 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-SagartkengH[k]ˤeŋ-s small path

說文解字

《說文》：“徑，步道也。从彳，巠聲。”

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)