桅
wéi

mast of ship

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

Components

木
木 Meaning component
mù tree
危
危 Sound component
wēi dangerous

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangkrolʔ

說文解字

黃木，可染者。从木危聲。

Sources

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