梭
suō

weaver's shuttle

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

Components

木
木 Meaning component
mù tree
夋
夋 Sound component
qūn to dawdle

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangsloːl
Unicodesuɑ

說文解字

木也。从木夋聲。

Sources

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