niǎn​chuí

pestle

niǎn roller

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Meaning component
shí stone
Sound component
zhǎn, zhan open

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangndenʔ
ndens

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang

chuí, zhuì, duī hammer

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Meaning component
tree
Sound component
zhuī pursue

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangdols
dul

說文解字

關東謂之槌,關西謂之㭙。从木追聲。

Sources

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