箍桶
gū​tǒng

hooped barrel

箍 gū hoop

Bamboo ⺮ bindings 㧜; 㧜 also provides the pronunciation

Components

⺮
⺮ Meaning component
zhú bamboo
㧜
㧜 SoundMeaning component
liè (same as U+64F8 擸) to hold

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangkʷaː

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang

桶 tǒng bucket, barrel

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

Components

木
木 Meaning component
mù tree
甬
甬 Sound component
yǒng, tǒng, dòng path

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartthuwngXl̥ˤoŋʔ bucket

說文解字

《說文》：“桶，木方，受六升。从木，甬聲。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)