楷
kǎijiē HSK7

model style of Chinese writing

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

Components

木
木 Meaning component
mù tree
皆
皆 Sound component
jiē all

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangkriːl
kʰriːlʔ

說文解字

《說文》：“楷，木也，孔子冢蓋樹之者。从木，皆聲。”

Sources

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