楸
qiū

mallotus japonicus

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

Components

木
木 Meaning component
mù tree
秋
秋 Sound component
qiū autumn

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangsʰɯw
Unicodetsiou

說文解字

梓也。从木秋聲。

Sources

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