棚架
péng​jià

scaffolding

棚 péng, peng tent

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

Components

木
木 Meaning component
mù tree
朋
朋 Sound component
péng friend

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangbɯːŋ
brɯːŋ
brɯːŋ

說文解字

棧也。从木朋聲。

Sources

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

架 jià rack, frame

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

Components

加
加 Sound component
jiā add
木
木 Meaning component
mù tree

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangkraːls

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica