梓
zǐ

catalpa ovata

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

Components

木
木 Meaning component
mù tree
辛
辛 Sound component
xīn laborious

Character Evolution

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

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagarttsiX[ts]əʔCatalpa
Zhengzhangʔsɯʔ
Unicodetziə̌

說文解字

楸也。从木，宰省聲。

Sources

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