爿
qiángpán

piece of wood

Original meaning: bed

Depicts a bed. Original form of 床.

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (8)

床臧戕狀牆妝壯將

Iconic (3)

床疒𪧇

Meaning (1)

壯

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangbraːn
zaŋ

Sources

Character origin
季旭昇《說文新證》p.489-490漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica