táo

block of wood

Components

Meaning component
tree

wood

Sound component
shòu old age

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangtuːʔ
duː
du

說文解字

斷木也。从木𠷎聲。《春秋傳》曰:“𣚑柮。”

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica

táo, chóu, dào block of wood Simplified

Components

Meaning component
tree

wood

寿
寿 Sound component
shòu old age

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode