椠
qiàn

wooden tablet

Components

斩
斩 Sound component
zhǎn, zhàn chop
木
木 Meaning component
mù tree

wood

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

槧 wooden tablet Traditional

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangzaːmʔ
sʰam
sʰams
zamʔ

說文解字

牘樸也。从木斬聲。

Sources

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