橡
xiàng HSK7

chestnut oak

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

Components

木
木 Meaning component
mù tree
象
象 Sound component
xiàng elephant

Character Evolution

Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartzjangXs-[d]aŋʔacorn
Zhengzhangljaŋʔ
Unicodeziɑ̌ng

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica