桌椅板凳
zhuō​yǐ​bǎn​dèng

furniture

桌 zhuō table

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

Components

木
木 Meaning component
mù tree
卓
卓 Sound component
zhuó, zhuō profound

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagarttraewktˤrawk (no pre-Qín exx.)table

Sources

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

椅 yǐ chair

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

Components

木
木 Meaning component
mù tree
奇
奇 Sound component
qí strange
Change in sound

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagart'jeXCə.q(r)ajʔ chair

說文解字

《說文》：“椅，梓也。从木，奇聲。”

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)

板 bǎn plank

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

Components

木
木 Meaning component
mù tree
反
反 Sound component
fǎn reverse

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartpaenXC.pˤranʔ plank, board
paenXpˤranʔ perverse

Sources

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

凳 dèng bench

Phonosemantic compound. 几 represents the meaning and 登 represents the sound. Simplified form of 櫈.

Components

几
几 Meaning component
jǐ, jī small table
登
登 Sound component
dēng rise

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangtɯːŋs

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang