棥
fán

a railing

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Depicts a fence (爻) between two trees (木).

Components

木
木 Iconic component
爻
爻 Iconic component

Used here to depict fencing.

木
木 Iconic component

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Early Spring and Autumn ~700 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangban

說文解字

《說文》：“棥，藩也。从爻，从林。”

Sources

Character origin
李学勤《字源》p.203漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)