橢
tuǒ

oval-shaped

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

Components

木
木 Meaning component
mù tree
隋
隋 Sound component
suí, duò, tuǒ Sui dynasty

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartthwaXl̥ ˤojʔoval
Zhengzhangl̥ʰoːlʔ

說文解字

車笭中橢橢器也。从木隋聲。

Sources

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

椭 tuǒ oval-shaped Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 木 represents the meaning and 陏 represents the sound. Simplified form of 橢.

Components

木
木 Meaning component
mù tree
陏
陏 Sound component
suí, duò follow

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode