guā

a builder's frame for measuring

Components

Meaning component
tree

tree

Sound component
shé tongue

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangkoːd
l̥ʰeːmʔ

說文解字

炊竈木。从木舌聲。

Sources

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