桶
tǒng HSK7

bucket, barrel

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

Components

木
木 Meaning component
mù tree
甬
甬 Sound component
yǒng, tǒng, dòng path

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartthuwngXl̥ˤoŋʔ bucket

說文解字

《說文》：“桶，木方，受六升。从木，甬聲。”

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)