gé​shān

grille

gé, ge pattern, frame

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Meaning component
tree
Sound component
each

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Jin 266-420 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartkaekkˤrak go to

說文解字

《說文》:“格,木長皃。从木,各聲。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica

zhà, shān, cè fence Simplified

A fence  made of wood  also provides the pronunciation

Components

Meaning component
tree
SoundMeaning component
book

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagarttsrhɛk[tsʰ]ˤrekhedge
Zhengzhangsʰraːɡ
sʰreːɡ
sraːns

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica

fence Traditional

A fence  made of wood  also provides the pronunciation

Components

Meaning component
tree
SoundMeaning component
book

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

說文解字

編樹木也。从木从冊,冊亦聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical images
Academia Sinica