lián, liǎn a flail Simplified

Components

Meaning component
tree

wood

Sound component
lián connect, join, link

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

jiā, jià cangue scaffold

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Meaning component
tree
Sound component
jiā add

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangɡa
ɡal
kraːl

說文解字

柫也。从木加聲。淮南謂之柍。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica

Traditional

Components

Meaning component
tree

wood

Sound component
lián connect, join, link

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

說文解字

瑚槤也。从木連聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical images
Academia Sinica